Court History - Commissioners

The Supreme Court of Texas

Section A

Leon Sonfield (October 1918 -- February 1921)
Jesse N. Gallagher (February 1921 -- November 1923)
W. C. Blanks (December 1923 -- March 1924)
W. R. Chapman (March 1924 -- June 1925)
Luther Nickels (June 1925 -- June 1929)
John H. Sharp (October 1929 -- December 1934)
S. H. German (February 1935 -- October 1941)
Few Brewster (November 1941 -- September 1945)

Beeman Strong (October 1918 -- January 1920)
French R. Spencer (January 1920 -- January 1923)
S. G. German (January 1923 -- June 1925)
J. D. Harvey (June 1925 -- October 1943)
A. J. Folley (October 1943 -- September 1945)

W. M. Taylor (October 1918 -- October 1921)
H. C. Randolph (October 1921 -- September 1923)
W. R. Bishop (September 1923 -- October 1927)
Richard Critz (October 1927 -- May 1935)
J. E. Hickman (May 1935 -- September 1945)

Section B

J. T. Montgomery (October 1918 -- November 1919)
Norman G. Kittrell (December 1919 -- October 1921)
R. H. Hamilton (October 1921 -- February 1921)
Hugh B. Short (February 1925 -- September 1934)
W. M. Taylor (February 1935 -- September 1945)

S. P. Sadler (October 1918 -- November 1920)
Ben H. Powell (November 1920 -- October 1927)
Charles A. Leddy (November 1927 -- September 1933)
G. B. Smedley (September 1933 -- September 1945)

James W. McClendon (October 1918 -- December 1923)
Robert W. Stayton (December 1923 -- June 1925)
Ocie Speer (June 1925 -- October 1929)
Joseph Ryan (October 1929 -- February 1937)
A. B. Martin (March 1937 -- December 1939)
C. S. Slatton (January 1949 -- September 1945)

Updated: 05-Apr-2010