What is Thomas Porteous?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Thomas Porteous |image = PorteousThomasG.jpg |office = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana]] |appointer = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start = October 11, 1994 |term_end = December 8, 2010 |predecessor = [[Robert Frederick Collins]] |successor = [[Susie Morgan]] |birth_name = Gabriel Thomas Porteous Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date|1946|12|15}} |birth_place = {{nobr|[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], U.S.}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|14|1946|12|15}} |death_place = {{nobr|New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.}} |education = [[Louisiana State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Gabriel Thomas Porteous Jr.''' (December 15, 1946 – November 14, 2021) was a [[United States federal judge|United States District Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana]]. He was in office for sixteen years before being impeached and removed from office in December 2010. Porteous Jr. died on November 14, 2021 in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], aged 74.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simerman |first=John |date=November 15, 2021 |title=Ex-Louisiana judge G. Thomas Porteous, last to be impeached by U.S. Senate, dies at 74 |url=https://www.nola.com/news/courts/article_7fbf6996-4664-11ec-8887-63628bf5a251.html |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=NOLA.com |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Porteous, Thomas}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:American judges]] [[Category:Politicians from New Orleans]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}