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==Career==

==Career==

Fields was born in Marksville  in Avoyelles Parish in South Louisiana. In 1908, Fields married the former Evelyn Sanders (1889-1961), and they had two sons, [[T. T. Fields|Thomas Theodore Fields Jr.]], and Harvey Fields, Jr. (1918-1965), and a daughter, Joy (1915-1980). Fields attended [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], taught school for a time, and then graduated from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]. He served for one term in the state Senate from 1916 to -1920 for adjoining Morehouse and Union parishes in North Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=

Fields was born in Marksville  in Avoyelles Parish in South Louisiana. In 1908, Fields married the former Evelyn Sanders (1889-1961), and they had two sons, [[T. T. Fields|Thomas Theodore Fields Jr.]], and Harvey Fields, Jr. (1918-1965), and a daughter, Joy (1915-1980). Fields attended [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], taught school for a time, and then graduated from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]. He served for one term in the state Senate from 1916 to 1920 for adjoining Morehouse and Union parishes during the administration of [[Governor]] Ruffin Golson Pleasant (1871-1937) of [[Shreveport]] and also a native of Union Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=

http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=louisiana State Senate|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref> Field's Senate tenure paralleled the administration of [[Governor Ruffin G. Pleasant of [[Shreveport]], a Union Parish native.

http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>

After his Senate tenure, Fields was from 1922 to 1925 the district attorney for his adopted Union Parish. From 1926 to 1929, he was the chairman of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee. He was a delegate to the  [[Democratic National Convention]]s of 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1936. He succeeded [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long Jr.]], on the elected Louisiana Public Service Commission in the then Third PSC District, a position which he filled from 1927 to 1936. Earlier, Fields had briefly been Long's law partner in Shreveport. From 1937 to 1941, Fields was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Shreveport, an appointment under the administration of [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. In 1939, Fields assigned his assistant attorney and subsequent successor, [[Malcolm Lafargue]], also a native of Marksville, to prosecute the Louisiana Hayride scandals in the forty parishes within the Western District.<ref>{{cite news|title=M. E. Lafargue, Former District Attorney, Dies – Succumbs in Sleep Here at Age 54; Services Saturday|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]''|date=March 28, 1963|pages=1-A, 4-A}}</ref>

After his state Senate tenure, Fields was from 1922 to 1925 the district attorney for his adopted Union Parish. From 1926 to 1929, he was the chairman of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee. He was a delegate to the  [[Democratic National Convention]]s of 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1936. He succeeded [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long Jr.]], on the elected Louisiana Public Service Commission in the then Third PSC District, a position which he filled from 1927 to 1936. Earlier, Fields had briefly been Long's law partner in Shreveport. From 1937 to 1941, Fields was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Shreveport, an appointment under the administration of [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. In 1939, Fields assigned his assistant attorney and subsequent successor, [[Malcolm Lafargue]], also a native of Marksville, to prosecute the Louisiana Hayride scandals in the forty parishes within the Western District.<ref>{{cite news|title=M. E. Lafargue, Former District Attorney, Dies – Succumbs in Sleep Here at Age 54; Services Saturday|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]''|date=March 28, 1963|pages=1-A, 4-A}}</ref>

Fields and his wife both died in 1961. Son T. T. Fields was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Union Parish from 1956 to 1964 and from Union and Morehouse parishes from 1968 to 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Union and Morehouse parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>

Fields and his wife both died in 1961. Son T. T. Fields was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Union Parish from 1956 to 1964 and from Union and Morehouse parishes from 1968 to 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Union and Morehouse parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>