Walter Parker Stacy (December 26, 1884 in Ansonville,

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– September 13, 1951) was a chief justice of the

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from 1925 until his death in 1951. He is the longest-serving chief justice in North Carolina history. Stacy was a 1908 graduate of the

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, where a scholarship for law students was later established in his memory. He was president of the UNC General Alumni Association in 1925. Stacy was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives from New Hanover County for a term, then appointed to the

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, and elected as an associate justice of the

in 1920. In 1925, Governor Angus Wilton McLean appointed Stacy, by then the Court's senior associate justice, chief justice after the resignation of William A. Hoke. In 1926, Stacy was elected to continue in the post over Republican James J. Britt. While Stacy was serving as chief justice, President

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appointed him to serve on key boards, including the National Steel Labor Relations Board and the Textile Labor Relations Board. In 1937, Roosevelt closely considered Stacy for an opening on the

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but in the end the appointment went to Hugo Black. Later, President

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appointed Stacy to a fact-finding board to consider a labor dispute between General Motors and the

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and to a board on labor problems in government-possessed mines.(May 7, 194
Truman Library: Letter Appointing Members of Panel on Labor Problems in Government-Possessed Plants or Mines
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stacy, Walter 1951 deaths 1884 births Methodists from North Carolina Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Chief Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court People from Ansonville, North Carolina 20th-century American judges