Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr.
Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr. (born July 24, 1934) is a United States federal judge.
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 public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by William Matthew Kidd |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia 1990–2006 |
Succeeded by John Preston Bailey |