Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr.
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Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr. (born July 24, 1934) is a Senior United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, Stamp received a B.A. from Washington and Lee University in 1956, and attended the University of Virginia School of Law before receiving an LL.B. from the University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law in 1959. He was a private in the United States Army from 1959 to 1960, and a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserves from 1960 to 1967. He was in private practice in Wheeling, West Virginia from 1960 to 1990.
On May 11, 1990, Stamp was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia vacated by William M. Kidd. Stamp was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1990, and received his commission on July 12, 1990. He served as chief judge from 1994-2001. He assumed senior status on November 1, 2006.
Sources
- Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1934 births
- Living people
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- People from Wheeling, West Virginia
- Military personnel from West Virginia
- United States Army officers
- United States Army reservists
- United States district court judges appointed by George H. W. Bush
- 20th-century American judges
- University of Virginia School of Law alumni
- Washington and Lee University alumni