Thomas A. Wiseman Jr.

Thomas A. Wiseman Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Assumed office
November 3, 1995
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
In office
1984–1991
Preceded by Leland Clure Morton
Succeeded by John Trice Nixon
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
In office
August 11, 1978 – November 3, 1995
Appointed by Jimmy Carter
Preceded by Frank Gray Jr.
Succeeded by Todd J. Campbell
37th Tennessee State Treasurer
In office
1971–1974
Preceded by Charlie Worley
Succeeded by Harlan Mathews
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office
1964–1968
Personal details
Born Thomas Anderton Wiseman Jr.
(1930-11-03) November 3, 1930
Tullahoma, Tennessee
Political party Democratic
Education Vanderbilt University (B.A.)
Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D.)
University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)

Thomas Anderton Wiseman Jr. (born November 3, 1930) is an inactive Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.[1]

Education and career

Born in Tullahoma, Tennessee, the son of Vera Seleta (Poe) and Thomas Anderton Wiseman,[2] Wiseman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in 1952, and a Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1954. He was in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956, and then entered private practice in Tullahoma from 1956 to 1963, and in Winchester, Tennessee from 1963 to 1971. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1964 to 1968, and was the Treasurer of the State of Tennessee from 1971 to 1974. He ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor in 1974 amid a crowded field of candidates and was badly outspent by both eventual nominee and winner Ray Blanton and runner-up Jake Butcher. Wiseman then resumed his private practice, this time in Nashville, Tennessee from 1974 to 1978.[3]

Federal judicial service

On August 1, 1978, Wiseman was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee vacated by Judge Frank Gray Jr.. Wiseman was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 11, 1978, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1991, and assumed senior status on November 3, 1995.[3] He is currently in inactive senior status, meaning that while he remains a federal judge, he no longer hears cases or participates in the business of the court.

Further education and service

Wiseman has served as an adjunct faculty member at Vanderbilt University Law School since 1989, and received a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1990. He was a Special Master for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1992 to 1993.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Who, W.; Staff, W.W. (1999). Who's Who in the South and Southwest. Marquis Who's Who. ISSN 0083-9809. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  2. ↑ Tennessee State Library and Archives. Biographical Directory: Tennessee General Assembly, 1796-1967: Coffee County [and] Grundy County. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
  3. 1 2 3 Thomas Anderton Wiseman Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Frank Gray Jr.		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
1978–1995		 Succeeded by
Todd J. Campbell
Preceded by
Leland Clure Morton		 Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
1984–1991		 Succeeded by
John Trice Nixon
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