• District Court, S.D. Texas

  Judge

  1949 – 1959 · 10 yrsAppointed by Harry S. Truman

• District Court, S.D. Texas

  Judge

  1939 – 1942 · 3 yrsAppointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Career

• Private practice

  1943 – 1949 · 6 yrs

• Candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas

  1942 – present · 84 yrs

• Received recess appointment to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

  July 11

  1938 – present · 88 yrs

• Governor

  Texas

  1935 – 1939 · 4 yrs

• Attorney general

  State of Texas

  1931 – 1935 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1926 – 1931 · 5 yrs

• District attorney

  1923 – 1926 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1921 – 1923 · 2 yrs

• U.S. Navy

  1918 – 1919 · 1 yr