Thomas Virgil Pittman

Personal

Birthday: 
3/28/1916
Birthplace: 
Enterprise, AL
Date of Death: 
1/6/2012
Place of Death: 
Mobile, AL
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army Reserve, 1938-1942
U.S. Naval Reserve, 1944-1946
Special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1940-1944
Private practice, Gadsden, Alabama, 1946-1951
Lecturer, University of Alabama Gadsden Center, 1948-1966
Judge, Alabama Circuit Court, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 1951-1966; presiding judge, 1953-1966

Education

Name of School: 
University of Alabama
Degree: 
B.S.
Degree Year: 
1939
Name of School - Second: 

University of Alabama School of Law

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Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1940

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
Court Name: 

Alabama Middle District Court

President Nominating: 
Lyndon B. Johnson
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
6/29/1966
Termination Date: 
6/2/1970
Termination Reason: 
Reassignment
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama
Court Name - Second: 

Alabama Southern District Court

Commission Date - Second: 
6/29/1966
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
7/15/1981
Termination Date - Second: 
1/6/2012
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death