Robert Thomason
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Robert Thomason
Nonpartisan
Prior offices
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Education
Personal
Robert Ewing Thomason (1879-1973) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Thomason was nominated to the Western District of Texas by President Harry Truman on April 24, 1947, to a seat vacated by Charles Albert Boynton; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 3, 1947, and received commission on June 5, 1947. He assumed senior status on June 1, 1963. He served the Western District of Texas until his death on November 8, 1973.[1] Thomason was succeeded in this position by William Thornberry.
Early life and education
- Southwestern University, B.S., 1898
- University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1900[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Gainesville, Texas, 1900-1902
- District attorney, Cooke County Texas, 1902-1906
- Private practice, Gainesville, Texas, 1906-1912
- Private practice, El Paso, Texas, 1912-1931
- Member, Texas House of Representatives, 1917-1921
- Speaker of the House, 1920-1921
- Mayor of El Paso, Texas, 1927-1930
- U.S. Representative from Texas, 1931-1947[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Texas
Thomason was nominated to the Western District of Texas by President Harry Truman on April 24, 1947, to a seat vacated by Charles Albert Boynton; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 3, 1947, and received commission on June 5, 1947. He assumed senior status on June 1, 1963. He served the Western District of Texas until his death on November 8, 1973.[1] Thomason was succeeded in this position by William Thornberry.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Thomason's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Charles Albert Boynton |
Western District of Texas 1947–1963 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: William Thornberry |
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| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | |
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | |
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | |
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | |
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | |
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | |
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | |
| 1952 |
