Background
Taft, Thomas Fleming was born on December 29, 1945 in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edmund Hoover and Helen Irene (Fleming) Taft.
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Taft, Thomas Fleming was born on December 29, 1945 in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edmund Hoover and Helen Irene (Fleming) Taft.
AB, Duke University, 1968. Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina, 1972.
Legal counsel to lieutenant governor Office of Lieutenant Governor, Raleigh, 1972—1974. State senator North Carolina, 1985—1990. Partner Taft, Taft & Haigler, Greenville, since 1974.
President Eastern Lumber & Supply Company, Winterville, director, Hardware Suppliers American, Inc., Winterville, Mercer Glass Company, Inc., Greenville. Chairman board directors North Carolina Ports Authority, 1978—1985. Member 9th District North Carolina Senate, since 1985.
With United States Army Reserve, 1968-1974.
Member of American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, North Carolina Academy Trial Lawyers, Pitt County Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, Kiwanis, Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Married Kathy Arnold Taft, January 30, 1982. Children: Jessica, Paige, Thomas, Jonathan.