Herbert W. Titus | |
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| Born | (1937-10-17)October 17, 1937 |
| Died | June 20, 2021(2021-06-20) (aged 83)[1] |
| Political party | Constitution |
| Spouse | Marilyn Titus |
| Alma mater | University of Oregon Harvard University |
Herbert William "Herb" Titus (October 17, 1937 – June 20, 2021) was an American attorney, writer, and political candidate. He was theConstitution Party's nominee forVice President during the1996 presidential election.
Titus was born inBaker City, Oregon, on October 17, 1937. He attended Baker public schools, where he graduated as co-valedictorian of the class of 1955. Four years later he graduated from theUniversity of Oregon, where he had served as student body president. Titus graduated cum laude fromHarvard Law School in 1962.[2]
Titus held alaw degree fromHarvard University, graduatingcum laude, and aB.S. degree inpolitical science from theUniversity of Oregon, where he graduatedPhi Beta Kappa.[3][2] He was vice president of the freshman class at Oregon.[4]
He was an active member of theVirginia Bar Association and was admitted to practice before theUnited States Supreme Court, theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, theUnited States Court of Federal Claims, and theUnited States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and District of Columbia and Federal Circuits. He was also admitted to practice in theArmy Court of Criminal Appeals and theCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces.[3]
After two years as a trial attorney and a Special Assistant United States Attorney with theU.S. Department of Justice,[3] Titus worked as a professor of law from 1964 to 1979 at the state universities of Oklahoma, Colorado and Oregon.[2] He was "active in various left-wing-based political causes" during this period, opposing theVietnam War and supporting homosexual rights and abortion rights. He also worked with attorneys and clients on a number of constitutional cases in his role as a regional director with theAmerican Civil Liberties Union.[2]
In 1975, Titus was "dramaticallyconverted to Christ" while attending a Sunday School class with his wife, after which he studied withDr. Francis Schaeffer in Switzerland for a year.[2][5][6]
He left his tenured position as professor of law at theUniversity of Oregon in 1979 to become a member of the charter faculty at theO. W. Coburn School of Law atOral Roberts University.[2] Three years later, Titus moved to CBN University (later namedRegent University), where he served for a total of eleven years, first as the founding Dean of the School of Public Policy[6] and then as Vice-President for Academic Affairs.[2] Starting in 1986, Titus became the founding Dean of the College of Law and Government in Regent University.[3][6] All told, Titus taught constitutional law, common law, and other subjects at five different law schools for almost 30 years.[3]
He was the author of a book entitledGod, Man and Law: The Biblical Principles.[2]
Titus wasof counsel at the Virginia law firm of William J. Olson, P.C., specializing in Constitutional Law, Legislative Practice, Appellate Practice, Election and Campaign Finance, and Firearms Law.[7]
Titus was the 1996 vice presidential nominee for theConstitution Party (then known as the U.S. Taxpayer's Party) as the running mate of the party founderHoward Phillips.[8][9]
Along with his client, former Alabama Chief JusticeRoy Moore, Titus was an original drafter of theConstitution Restoration Act, which sought to take out of federal court jurisdiction appellate cases that involved public officials who acknowledged God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government, and provided for theimpeachment of federal judges who disregarded the act.[10][11] The act did not pass either time it was introduced, but its tenets were incorporated into the 2004 Republican Party platform.[12][13]
Residents ofChesapeake, Virginia, Titus and his wife, Marilyn, to whom he had been married 52 years at the time of his death, had four children and 15 grandchildren.[14]
Titus died on June 20, 2021, a practicing lawyer until his death.[1]
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| Preceded by | Constitution Party nominee for Vice President of the United States 1996 | Succeeded by Joseph Sobran Curtis Frazier¹ |
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| 1. Joseph Sobran was the original vice presidential nominee in 2000. He withdrew from the race and was replaced by Curtis Frazier. | ||
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