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Texas: State Supreme Court


Justices of the Texas State Supreme Court, 1845-2016 (May be incomplete!)
Royal Tyler Wheeler 1845-64 Abner Smith Lipscomb as of 1846-56 Oran Milo Roberts as of 1857-65 Richard Coke 1866 Stockton P. Donley 1866 Andrew Jackson Hamilton 1866 Asa H. Willie as of 1866 Albert H. Latimer as of 1869 Lemuel D. Evans as of 1870-73 Peter W. Gray as of 1874 Oran Milo Roberts as of 1874-78 John Ireland as of 1875-76 Asa H. Willie 1882-88 Reuben Reid Gaines 1885-94 Thomas J. Brown as of 1893-1911 Leroy Gilbert Denman 1894-99 William F. Ramsey 1911-12 Nelson Phillips as of 1912-15 James P. Hart 1940 Thomas Hawthorne Phillips 1960 Price Daniel 1971- Jack Hightower as of 1988 Lloyd Doggett as of 1989-94 John Cornyn as of 1990-97 Jack Hightower as of 1992-95 Greg Abbott as of 1995-2002 Alberto R. Gonzales 1999-2000

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1864 Apr 9: Royal Tyler Wheeler, died in office.
  • 1971: Price Daniel, appointed.
  • 1992 Mar 10: Oscar H. Mauzy (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1992 Mar 10: Rose Spector (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1992 Mar 10: Jack Hightower (Dem), nominated; Paul Banner (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1992 Mar 10: Craig T. Enoch (Rep), nominated; Charles B. Howell (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1992 Mar 10: Eugene Cook (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1992 Mar 10: John D. Montgomery (Rep), nominated; George Barbary (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Craig T. Enoch (Rep), elected; Oscar H. Mauzy (Dem), defeated; Alfred Adask (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Rose Spector (Dem), elected; Eugene Cook (Rep), defeated.
  • 1992 Nov 3: Jack Hightower (Dem), elected; John D. Montgomery (Rep), defeated.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Raul A. Gonzalez (Dem), advanced to runoff; Rene Haas (Dem), advanced to runoff; Bill Yarborough (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Alice Oliver Parrott (Dem), nominated; Mike Westergren (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Jimmy Carroll (Dem), nominated; Margaret G. Mirabal (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Oliver S. Kitzman (Rep), nominated, but withdrew; George Busch (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Nathan Hecht (Rep), nominated; Charles B. Howell (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Mar 8: Priscilla Owen (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1994 Apr 12: Raul A. Gonzalez (Dem), nominated; Rene Haas (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Raul A. Gonzalez (Dem), elected; John B. Hawley (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Nathan Hecht (Rep), elected; Alice Oliver Parrott (Dem), defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Priscilla Owen (Rep), elected; Jimmy Carroll (Dem), defeated.
  • 1995: Greg Abbott, appointed.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Patrice Barron (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Gene Kelly (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1996 Mar 12: John Cornyn (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1996 Mar 12: James A. Baker (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1996 Mar 12: Greg Abbott (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1996 Nov 5: John Cornyn (Rep), elected; Patrice Barron (Dem), defeated; Thomas Stults (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1996 Nov 5: James A. Baker (Rep), elected; Gene Kelly (Dem), defeated; Eileen Flume (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Greg Abbott (Rep), elected; John B. Hawley (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Mike Westergren (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Rose Spector (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Mar 10: David Van Os (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Jerry Scarbrough (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Craig T. Enoch (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Harriet O'Neill (Rep), nominated; Candace G. Tyson (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Greg Abbott (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1998 Mar 10: Deborah Hankinson (Rep), nominated; Steve Smith (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Craig T. Enoch (Rep), elected; Mike Westergren (Dem), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Harriet O'Neill (Rep), elected; Rose Spector (Dem), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Greg Abbott (Rep), elected; David Van Os (Dem), defeated.
  • 1998 Nov 3: Deborah Hankinson (Rep), elected; Jerry Scarbrough (Dem), defeated.
  • 2000 Mar 14: Nathan Hecht (Rep), nominated; Valorie W. Davenport (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2000 Mar 14: Priscilla Owen (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2000 Mar 14: Alberto R. Gonzales (Rep), nominated; Rod E. Gorman (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Nathan Hecht (Rep), elected; Mike Jacobellis (Libertarian), defeated; Ben G. Levy (Green), defeated.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Priscilla Owen (Rep), elected; Joe Alfred Izen, Jr. (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Alberto R. Gonzales (Rep), elected; Lance Smith (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Linda Yanez (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Jim Parsons (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Mar 12: William E. Moody (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Margaret G. Mirabal (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Michael H. Schneider, Sr. (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Elizabeth Ray (Rep), advanced to runoff; Dale Wainwright (Rep), nominated; John Cayce (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Wallace B. Jefferson (Rep), nominated; Sam Lee (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Mar 12: Steven Wayne Smith (Rep), nominated; Xavier Rodriguez (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Apr 9: Dale Wainwright (Rep), nominated; Elizabeth Ray (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Michael H. Schneider, Sr. (Rep), elected; Linda Yanez (Dem), defeated; Quanah Parker (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Dale Wainwright (Rep), elected; Jim Parsons (Dem), defeated; Bradley L. Rockwell (Green), defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Wallace B. Jefferson (Rep), elected; William E. Moody (Dem), defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Steven Wayne Smith (Rep), elected; Margaret G. Mirabal (Dem), defeated.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Harriet O'Neill (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Paul Green (Rep), elected unopposed.
  • 2004 Nov 2: Scott Brister (Rep), elected; David Van Os (Dem), defeated.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Don Willett (Rep), elected; William E. Moody (Dem), defeated; Wade Wilson (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2006 Nov 7: David M. Medina (Rep), elected; Jerry Adkins (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Nathan Hecht (Rep), elected; Todd Phillippi (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2006 Nov 7: Phil Johnson (Rep), elected; Jay H. Cookingham (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2008 Nov 4: Dale Wainwright (Rep), elected; Sam Houston (Dem), defeated; David G. Smith (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2008 Nov 4: Phil Johnson (Rep), elected; Linda Yanez (Dem), defeated; Drew Shirley (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2010: Rick Green (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2010 Mar 2: Rose Vela (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Debra Lehrmann (Rep), elected; Jim Sharp (Dem), defeated; William Bryan Strange III (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Paul Green (Rep), elected; William E. Moody (Dem), defeated; Tom Oxford (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2010 Nov 2: Eva Guzman (Rep), elected; Blake Bailey (Dem), defeated; Jack Armstrong (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2012 May 29: Michele Petty (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 May 29: Don Willett (Rep), nominated; Steve Smith (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 May 29: David M. Medina (Rep), advanced to runoff; John Devine (Rep), advanced to runoff; Joe Pool, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 May 29: Nathan Hecht (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 Jul 31: John Devine (Rep), nominated; David M. Medina (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Don Willett (Rep), elected; R. S. Roberto Koelsch (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2012 Nov 6: John Devine (Rep), elected; Tom Oxford (Libertarian), defeated; Charles E. Waterbury (Green), defeated.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Nathan Hecht (Rep), elected; Michele Petty (Dem), defeated; Mark Ash (Libertarian), defeated; Jim Chisholm (Green), defeated.
  • 2016: Rick Green (Rep), defeated in primary.
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