Background
Fields, Harvey Goodwyn was born on May 31, 1884 in Marksville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Theodore Thomas and Carrie (Goodwyn) Fields.
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Harvey Goodwyn Fields
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Student Ruston (Louisiana) Polytechnic Institute, 1900-1901, Bachelor of Industry, 1904. Student Louisiana State University, 1901-1902, Tulane University, 1904-1906.
Career
Teacher, 1902-1919; admitted to Louisiana bar, 1906, and in practice at Marksville, Louisiana, 1906-1908. District attorney for Third District, Louisiana, 1922-1925. State senator, Louisiana, 1916-1920.
Public service commissioner of Louisiana, 1927-1936. United State Attorneys for Western District, Louisiana, February 1937-June 1941 (appointed by President). Former law partner of Huey P. Long.
President Louisiana Huey P. Long Memorial Foundation of Shreveport, Louisiana Chairman Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee, 1926-1929. Delaware to Democratic National convs., 1924, 28, 32, 36.
Membership
Member Louisiana State Polytechnic Institute Alumni (president 1930-1932), Tau Kappa Nu. Club: Lions (Farmerville, Louisiana).
Connections
Married Evelyn Sanders, December 31, 1908.
