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While he maintained his law practice, Stagg was vice-president of King Hardware Company from 1955 to 1974. He was also the president of the Abe Meyer Corporation in Shreveport from 1960 to 1974, a firm found by his [[Jewish]] maternal grandfather, Abe Meyer (1852-1930), who had also been a vice president of City Savings Bank and Trust Company.<ref name=mrsstagg/> Stagg established local tire and rubber franchises in the Shreveport area and was a managing partner of the Pierremont Mall Shopping Center from 1963 to 1974. He was president of Stagg Investments, Inc., from 1964 to 1974. He has been a managing partner of Camellia Trading Company. He divested himself of most of his business dealings when he was sworn in as a judge.<ref name=fedjudgesdirectory>{{cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2265&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|title=Thomas E. Stagg, Jr.|publisher=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges|accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref>​
 
While he maintained his law practice, Stagg was vice-president of King Hardware Company from 1955 to 1974. He was also the president of the Abe Meyer Corporation in Shreveport from 1960 to 1974, a firm found by his [[Jewish]] maternal grandfather, Abe Meyer (1852-1930), who had also been a vice president of City Savings Bank and Trust Company.<ref name=mrsstagg/> Stagg established local tire and rubber franchises in the Shreveport area and was a managing partner of the Pierremont Mall Shopping Center from 1963 to 1974. He was president of Stagg Investments, Inc., from 1964 to 1974. He has been a managing partner of Camellia Trading Company. He divested himself of most of his business dealings when he was sworn in as a judge.<ref name=fedjudgesdirectory>{{cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2265&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|title=Thomas E. Stagg, Jr.|publisher=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges|accessdate=June 24, 2015}}</ref>​
 
 
Stagg's most avid hobby was photographing wildflowers. Tom Arceneaux, a former member of the Shreveport City Council who clerked for Judge Stagg for two years, recalled that while Stagg was riding with Arceneaux, he would tell him to stop the car so that Stagg could get out to photograph some special flower that only he had seen.<ref name=staggbio/>​
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Stagg's most avid hobby was photographing wildflowers. [[Tom Arceneaux]], a former member of the Shreveport City Council who was elected [[mayor]] on December 10, 2022, clerked for Judge Stagg for two years. Arceneaux recalled that while Stagg was riding with him, Stagg would tell him to stop the car so that he could get out to photograph some special flower that only he had seen.<ref name=staggbio/>​
    
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