Background
Politz, Henry Anthony was born on May 9, 1932 in Napoleonville, Louisiana, United States. Son of Anthony and Virginia (Russo) Politz.
Politz, Henry Anthony was born on May 9, 1932 in Napoleonville, Louisiana, United States. Son of Anthony and Virginia (Russo) Politz.
Bachelor, Louisiana State University, 1958. Juris Doctor, Louisiana State University, 1959.
Born in Napoleonville, Louisiana, Politz was a United States. Air Force from 1951 to 1955. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University in 1958 and a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University Law School in 1959. He was in private practice in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1959 to 1979.
On May 3, 1979, Politz was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit created by 92 Statistics
1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 12, 1979, and received his commission on July 13, 1979. He served as chief judge from 1992 to 1999, assuming senior status on August 10, 1999.
Politz served in that capacity until his death, in May 25,2002, in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Member Shreveport Airport Authority, 1973-1979, chairman, 1977. Board directors Rutherford House, Shreveport, 1975–2002, president, 1978. President Caddo Parish Board Election Supervisors, 1975-1979.
Member Electoral College, 1976. Served with United States Air Force, 1951-1955. Member American Bar Association, American Judicature Society, International Society Barristers, Louisiana Bar Association, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, Shreveport Bar Association, Justinian Society, Knights of Columbus, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Jane Marie Simoneaux, April 29, 1952. Children: Nyle, Bennett, Mark, Angela, Scott, Jane, Michael, Henry, Alisa, John, Nina.