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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Theodore Thomas<br> "T. T." Fields, Jr.
|image=
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Union Parish
|term_start=1952
|term_end=1964
|preceded=Robert S. Kennedy
|succeeded=James Peyton Smith
|office2=Louisiana State Representative for<br> Union and Morehouse parishes
|term_start2=1968
|term_end2=1972
|preceded2=James Peyton Smith
|succeeded2=Two-member district:<br>
[[John C. Ensminger]]<br>
Louise B. Johnson
|birth_date=October 12, 1912
|birth_place=Union Parish, Louisiana
|death_date=January 17, 1994 (aged 81)
|death_place=Union Parish, Louisiana
|resting_place=Farmerville Cemetery in Farmerville in Union Parish
|residence=Farmerville, Louisiana
|spouse=Ruth Atheson "Katie" Fields
|children=Thomas Theodore Fields, III, known as Thomas Fields, Jr.<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
[[Harvey Fields]]<br>
Evelyn Sanders Fields<br>
Grandfather: Thomas Theodore Fields, I
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]}}
'''Thomas Theodore Fields, Jr.''', known as '''T. T. Fields''' (October 12, 1912 – January 17, 1994),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38084470|title=Thomas Theodore Fields, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative from his native Farmerville in Union Parish in north [[Louisiana]]. He served from 1952 to 1964 and again from a combined Union and Morehouse parish district from 1968 to 1972. His service extended under [[Governor]]s [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Jimmie Davis]], and the second administration of [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdfsembership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Union and Morehouse parishes|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>
Fields's namesake grandfather, Theodore Thomas Fields, I (1846-1921), was a newspaper editor in Avoyelles Parish in South Louisiana and a native of Danville in Boyle County, [[Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14673088|title=Theodore Thomas Fields, I|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref> Fields' father, [[Harvey Fields]], a [[Marksville, Louisiana|Marksville]] native, was a [[Louisiana State Senate|state senator]] for Union and Morehouse parishes from 1916 to 1920, a member of the [[Louisiana Public Service Commission]] from 1927 to 1936, and briefly a law partner of [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38084540|title=Harvey Goodwyn Fields, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 24, 2014}}</ref>
Along with [[Fred Preaus]], a Farmerville businessman who ran for governor in 1956, and state Senator]] B. R. Patton, Fields worked to make Lake D'Arbonne in Farmerville a reality. Popular with fisherman and boaters, the large man-made lake opened in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakedarbonnelife.com/2013/01/18/in-the-beginning/|title=In the Beginning|publisher=Lake D'Arbonne Life|date=January 18, 2013|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bab.stparchive.com/Archive/BAB/BAB11072013P05.php|title=Lake D'Arbonne Celebrating 50th Year|publisher=''The Bernice (Louisiana) Banner''|date=November 7, 2013|page=5|author=Kinny Haddox|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref> Both Patton and Fields were unseated in the 1963-64 election cycle after Lake D'Arbonne had already been opened.
After three terms in the state House, Fields four years later won a comeback bid in the [[general election]] held on February 6, 1968. He and former intraparty rival, James Peyton Smith, defeated the lone [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, [[Edwards Barham]] of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish, who polled 44 percent of the vote in a three-candidate field in which two were elected.<ref>''The Monroe News-Star,'' February 7, 1968.</ref> In 1975, Barham became the first Republican since [[Reconstruction]] to be elected to the Louisiana Senate. He served only one term until his defeat in 1979 by the Democrat David 'Bo' Ginn of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish.<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' October 29, 1979.</ref>
Fields was married to Ruth Atcheson "Katie" Fields (1914-1993), whom he outlived by eight months. The couple and other family members are interred at Farmerville Cemetery in Farmerville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38084490|title=Ruth "Katie" Atcheson Fields|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fields, T. T.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
|name= Theodore Thomas<br> "T. T." Fields, Jr.
|image=
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Union Parish
|term_start=1952
|term_end=1964
|preceded=Robert S. Kennedy
|succeeded=James Peyton Smith
|office2=Louisiana State Representative for<br> Union and Morehouse parishes
|term_start2=1968
|term_end2=1972
|preceded2=James Peyton Smith
|succeeded2=Two-member district:<br>
[[John C. Ensminger]]<br>
Louise B. Johnson
|birth_date=October 12, 1912
|birth_place=Union Parish, Louisiana
|death_date=January 17, 1994 (aged 81)
|death_place=Union Parish, Louisiana
|resting_place=Farmerville Cemetery in Farmerville in Union Parish
|residence=Farmerville, Louisiana
|spouse=Ruth Atheson "Katie" Fields
|children=Thomas Theodore Fields, III, known as Thomas Fields, Jr.<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
[[Harvey Fields]]<br>
Evelyn Sanders Fields<br>
Grandfather: Thomas Theodore Fields, I
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]}}
'''Thomas Theodore Fields, Jr.''', known as '''T. T. Fields''' (October 12, 1912 – January 17, 1994),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38084470|title=Thomas Theodore Fields, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative from his native Farmerville in Union Parish in north [[Louisiana]]. He served from 1952 to 1964 and again from a combined Union and Morehouse parish district from 1968 to 1972. His service extended under [[Governor]]s [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Jimmie Davis]], and the second administration of [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdfsembership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Union and Morehouse parishes|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>
Fields's namesake grandfather, Theodore Thomas Fields, I (1846-1921), was a newspaper editor in Avoyelles Parish in South Louisiana and a native of Danville in Boyle County, [[Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14673088|title=Theodore Thomas Fields, I|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref> Fields' father, [[Harvey Fields]], a [[Marksville, Louisiana|Marksville]] native, was a [[Louisiana State Senate|state senator]] for Union and Morehouse parishes from 1916 to 1920, a member of the [[Louisiana Public Service Commission]] from 1927 to 1936, and briefly a law partner of [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38084540|title=Harvey Goodwyn Fields, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 24, 2014}}</ref>
Along with [[Fred Preaus]], a Farmerville businessman who ran for governor in 1956, and state Senator]] B. R. Patton, Fields worked to make Lake D'Arbonne in Farmerville a reality. Popular with fisherman and boaters, the large man-made lake opened in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lakedarbonnelife.com/2013/01/18/in-the-beginning/|title=In the Beginning|publisher=Lake D'Arbonne Life|date=January 18, 2013|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bab.stparchive.com/Archive/BAB/BAB11072013P05.php|title=Lake D'Arbonne Celebrating 50th Year|publisher=''The Bernice (Louisiana) Banner''|date=November 7, 2013|page=5|author=Kinny Haddox|accessdate=February 18, 2015}}</ref> Both Patton and Fields were unseated in the 1963-64 election cycle after Lake D'Arbonne had already been opened.
After three terms in the state House, Fields four years later won a comeback bid in the [[general election]] held on February 6, 1968. He and former intraparty rival, James Peyton Smith, defeated the lone [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, [[Edwards Barham]] of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish, who polled 44 percent of the vote in a three-candidate field in which two were elected.<ref>''The Monroe News-Star,'' February 7, 1968.</ref> In 1975, Barham became the first Republican since [[Reconstruction]] to be elected to the Louisiana Senate. He served only one term until his defeat in 1979 by the Democrat David 'Bo' Ginn of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish.<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' October 29, 1979.</ref>
Fields was married to Ruth Atcheson "Katie" Fields (1914-1993), whom he outlived by eight months. The couple and other family members are interred at Farmerville Cemetery in Farmerville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38084490|title=Ruth "Katie" Atcheson Fields|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fields, T. T.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]