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During [[World War II]], Tate was a special agent in the [[United States Army]] in the Far Eastern theater from 1942 to 1945. On April 23, 1949, active in the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rotary International, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and the [[Knights of Columbus]], the [[Roman Catholic]] men's organization. He and his wife, the former Claire Jeanmard (1927-1995). The couple had a daughter and four sons: Albert Tate, III, Emma Adelaide Tate, George J. Tate, Michael F. Tate, and Charles E. Tate.<ref name=lahist/>
During [[World War II]], Tate was a special agent in the [[United States Army]] in the Far Eastern theater from 1942 to 1945. On April 23, 1949, active in the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rotary International, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and the [[Knights of Columbus]], the [[Roman Catholic]] men's organization. He and his wife, the former Claire Jeanmard (1927-1995). The couple had a daughter and four sons: Albert Tate, III, Emma Adelaide Tate, George J. Tate, Michael F. Tate, and Charles E. Tate.<ref name=lahist/>
==Legal career==
Tate was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1948 and practiced law in Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish from 1948 to 1954, when he became judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal. Thereafter, he was presiding judge of Louisiana's Third Circuit for a decade;<ref name=lahist/> one of his law clerks was [[Bobby Culpepper]], later a long-term lawyer and Democratic politician in Jonesboro in Jackson Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/08/17/jonesboro-attorney-bobby-culpepper-dies/31853081/|title=Jonesboro attorney Bobby Culpepper dies|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref> Tate became associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for a brief tenure in 1958 and again for nearly the entire decade of the 1970s.
Tate was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1948 and practiced law in Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish from 1948 to 1954, when he became judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal. Thereafter, he was presiding judge of Louisiana's Third Circuit for a decade;<ref name=lahist/> one of his law clerks was [[Bobby Culpepper]], later a long-term lawyer and Democratic politician in Jonesboro in Jackson Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/08/17/jonesboro-attorney-bobby-culpepper-dies/31853081/|title=Jonesboro attorney Bobby Culpepper dies|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref> Tate became associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for a brief tenure in 1958 and again for nearly the entire decade of the 1970s.
During his long legal career, Tate held many judicial committee chairmanships and took an active role in promoting legal and court reforms. He was vice-chairman of the Committee on Court Modernization in 1972-1974 and chairman of the Committee to Implement Standards of Criminal Justice from 1975-76. He was on the board of editors of ''Judges Journal'' from 1972-1975.<ref name=lahist/>
During his long legal career, Tate held many judicial committee chairmanships and took an active role in promoting legal and court reforms. He was vice-chairman of the Committee on Court Modernization in 1972-1974 and chairman of the Committee to Implement Standards of Criminal Justice from 1975-76. He was on the board of editors of ''Judges Journal'' from 1972-1975.<ref name=lahist/>
Tate was a member of both the Louisiana Bar Association and the American Judicature Society from 1948 to 1986. He chaired the Louisiana Judicial Commission from 1968 to 1970. He was a delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973, at which he served as the chairman of the style and drafting section. The constitution which Tate drafted was approved by voters in the spring of 1974. He was also a law school [[professor]] at LSU from 1967 to 1968, while he was simultaneously serving on the state Third Circuit Court.<ref name=lahist/>
Tate was a member of both the Louisiana Bar Association and the American Judicature Society from 1948 to 1986. He chaired the Louisiana Judicial Commission from 1968 to 1970. He was a delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973, at which he served as the chairman of the style and drafting section. The constitution which Tate drafted was approved by voters in the spring of 1974. He was also a law school [[professor]] at LSU from 1967 to 1968, while he was simultaneously serving on the state Third Circuit Court.<ref name=lahist/>
On July 31, 1979, Tate was nominated by [[U. S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on October 4, 1979, and received his commissionof office on October 5, 1979, having served on that court for the last seven years of his life.
On July 31, 1979, Tate was nominated by [[U. S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on October 4, 1979, and received his commissionof office on October 5, 1979, having served on that court for the last seven years of his life.