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|birth_date=January 29, 1946

|birth_date=January 29, 1946

|birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]

|birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]

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|death_date=September 26, 2024 (aged 78)

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|death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana

|religion=[[Baptist]]

|religion=[[Baptist]]

|spouse=Nancy Clark Victory

|spouse=Nancy Clark Victory

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2004)

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2004)

|office=Associate Justice of the<br> Louisiana Supreme Court (District 2)

|office=Associate Justice of the<br> Louisiana Supreme Court (District 2)

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'''Jeffrey Paul Victory''' (born January 29, 1946) is a [[Republican]] former member of the Louisiana Supreme Court, having represented since January 1, 1995, the District 2 seat based in eleven parishes about his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. He did not seek reelection in 2014 and left the court on January 1, 2015.

'''Jeffrey Paul Victory''' (January 29, 1946 &ndash September 26, 2024) was a [[Republican]] former member of the Louisiana Supreme Court, having represented since January 1, 1995, the District 2 seat based in eleven parishes about his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. He did not seek reelection in 2014 and left the court on January 1, 2015.

   

   

Victory was born to Thomas Edward Victory and the former Esther Horton. In 1963, he graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport as a member of the National Honor Society. He entered [[United Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1967 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history and government.<ref name=bio/> While in college, Victory worked at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and as a roughneck in [[petroleum]] production.<ref name=lionsclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.northshreveportlions.org/072204.htm|title=North Shreveport Lions Club,  July 22, 2004|publisher=northshreveportlions.org|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

Victory was born to Thomas Edward Victory and the former Esther Horton. In 1963, he graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport as a member of the National Honor Society. He entered [[United Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1967 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history and government.<ref name=bio/> While in college, Victory worked at the former Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant west of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] and as a roughneck in [[petroleum]] production.<ref name=lionsclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.northshreveportlions.org/072204.htm|title=North Shreveport Lions Club,  July 22, 2004|publisher=northshreveportlions.org|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

In 1967, he entered the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Tulane University]] School of Law in [[New Orleans]] on a regional scholarship. He served on the ''Tulane Law Review''. While at Tulane, he enlisted in the Special Airborne Forces of the Louisiana National Guard. After graduation from Tulane in 1971, he practiced in the Shreveport firm of Tucker Jeter and Jackson.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/justices/victory.asp|title=Louisiana Supreme Court: Associate Justice Jeffrey P. Victory|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=June 24, 2012}}</ref>  

In 1967, he entered [[Tulane University]] School of Law in [[New Orleans]] on a regional scholarship. He served on the ''Tulane Law Review.'' While at Tulane, he enlisted in the Special Airborne Forces of the Louisiana National Guard. After graduation from Tulane in 1971, he practiced in the Shreveport firm of Tucker Jeter and Jackson.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/justices/victory.asp|title=Louisiana Supreme Court: Associate Justice Jeffrey P. Victory|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=June 24, 2012}}</ref>  

==Judicial tenure==

==Judicial tenure==

In 2004, Victory ran for the first time as a Republican and defeated in the nonpartisan blanket primary the Democrat Stephen Beasley, 74,320 (60.9 percent) to 47,799 (39.1 percent). Victory led in five of the eleven parishes in the district encompassing northwestern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/09182004/09182004_MultiParish.html|title=Primary election returns, September 18, 2004|publisher=static results.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

In 2004, Victory ran for the first time as a Republican and defeated in the nonpartisan blanket primary the Democrat Stephen Beasley, 74,320 (60.9 percent) to 47,799 (39.1 percent). Victory led in five of the eleven parishes in the district encompassing northwestern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/09182004/09182004_MultiParish.html|title=Primary election returns, September 18, 2004|publisher=static results.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

Victory is a charter member of the Louisiana Sentencing Commission and has been a director of the Louisiana Judicial College. He is a member of the National Lawyers Association and the American, Louisiana state, and Shreveport bar associations.<ref name=bio/>

Victory was a charter member of the Louisiana Sentencing Commission and has been a director of the Louisiana Judicial College. He is a member of the National Lawyers Association and the American, Louisiana state, and Shreveport bar associations.<ref name=bio/>

   

   

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

Victory is a member of the committee which has sought thus far unsuccessfully to organize a new law school in downtown Shreveport through the auspices of [[Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in central Louisiana.<ref>"Judge Paul Pressler School of Law", ''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends'', Winter 2010, p. 17</ref>

Victory was a member of the committee which has sought thus far unsuccessfully to organize a new law school in downtown Shreveport through the auspices of [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in central Louisiana.<ref>"Judge Paul Pressler School of Law", ''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends'', Winter 2010, p. 17.</ref>

Justice Victory and his wife, Dr. Nancy Clark Victory, have four children, William Peter Victory,

Justice Victory and his wife, Dr. Nancy Clark Victory, have four children, William Peter Victory,

Christopher Thomas Victory, Paul Bradford Victory, and Mary Kathryn Victory. The Victory family attends Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport, where he has been the director of the high school seniors class.<ref name=lionsclub/> He often speaks before Baptist groups even in neighboring states.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.okbu.edu/news/2003-12-19/bailey-asks-graduating-seniors-to-navigate-the-dialectics|title="Bailey Asks Graduating Seniors to Navigate the Dialetics," December 19, 2003|publisher=okbu.edu|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

Christopher Thomas Victory, Paul Bradford Victory, and Mary Kathryn Victory. The Victory family attends Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport, where he was director of the high school senior class.<ref name=lionsclub/> He often addressed Baptist groups even in neighboring states.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.okbu.edu/news/2003-12-19/bailey-asks-graduating-seniors-to-navigate-the-dialectics|title="Bailey Asks Graduating Seniors to Navigate the Dialetics"|date=December 19, 2003|publisher=okbu.edu|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

==Consideration for chief justice==

==Consideration for chief justice==

Victory's Supreme Court seat was taken by another Republican, District Judge Scott Crichton, who was elected without opposition in the 2014 election. A former Democrat born in 1954, Crichton was an assistant district attorney in Caddo Parish from 1981 to 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130430/ELECTION02/304290035/Crichton-announces-Louisiana-Supreme-Court-bid|title=Crichton announces Louisiana Supreme Court bid|publisher=''Shreveport Times'', April 30, 2013|accessdate=May 1, 2013}}</ref>

Victory's Supreme Court seat was taken by another Republican, District Judge Scott Crichton, who was elected without opposition in the 2014 election. A former Democrat born in 1954, Crichton was an assistant district attorney in Caddo Parish from 1981 to 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130430/ELECTION02/304290035/Crichton-announces-Louisiana-Supreme-Court-bid|title=Crichton announces Louisiana Supreme Court bid|publisher=''Shreveport Times'', April 30, 2013|accessdate=May 1, 2013}}</ref>

==References==

==References==

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