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The associate justices were the judges of the eight district courts of Texas. The district judges, whose first session was January 13, 1840, served with the chief justice as associate justices from January 13, 1840 to December 29, 1845, when Texas was admitted into the United States:
Justices of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Texas" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total.
The Chief Justice of Texas presides at the Texas Supreme Court, which is the top appellate court for civil matters in the Texas court system. The chief justice (and all the justices) are elected statewide in partisan elections. The term of the chief justice is six years. The position was created in the Texas Constitution of 1876.
Justices of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Justices of the Texas Supreme Court" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total.
James Bartley (1870–1909) is the central figure in a late nineteenth-century story according to which he was swallowed whole by a sperm whale. He was found still living days later in the stomach of the whale, which was dead from harpooning. The story originated of an anonymous form, began to appear in American newspapers.
The first session in which the Texas Supreme Court met was the January 1840 session, in Austin. [43] The Court consisted of Chief Justice Rusk, and District Judges Shelby, W.J. Jones, Mills, and Hemphill. The clerk was W. Fairfax Gray. [44] The court disposed of 49 cases on its docket, but issued only 18 opinions. [45]
Since the Supreme Court first convened in 1790, 116 justices have served on the bench. Of those, 108 have been White men. But in recent decades the court has become more diverse. Over half of its ...
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