• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Judge

  1892 – 1911 · 19 yrsAppointed by Benjamin Harrison

• Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  Judge

  1892 – 1916 · 24 yrsAppointed by Benjamin Harrison

• District Court, N.D. Texas

  Judge

  1879 – 1892 · 13 yrsAppointed by Rutherford B. Hayes

Career

• Private practice

  1879 – present · 147 yrs

• U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas

  1879 – present · 147 yrs

• State senator

  Texas

  1876 – 1879 · 3 yrs

• Judge

  Texas District Court, Brazoria and Galveston Counties

  1871 – 1876 · 5 yrs

• Judge of probate

  Texas

  1865 – 1866 · 1 yr

• Judge

  Brazoria County Texas Court

  1865 – present · 161 yrs

• Confederate Army

  1861 – 1865 · 4 yrs

• Judge

  Texas District Court

  1856 – present · 170 yrs

• Private practice

  1855 – 1861 · 6 yrs

Education