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'''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.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Union and Morehouse parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 3, 2021}}</ref>
'''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.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Union and Morehouse parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|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 native, was a 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>
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 native, was a 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=February 3, 2021}}</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.
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.