Texas Judicial Branch

Justices from 1876 - 1945

The "traveling court" practice continued under Constitution of 1876, but ended under a constitutional amendment adopted September 22, 1891, which finally moved the Court's seat to the capital at Austin, where it remains.

Justice Thomas Greenwood, Chief Justice C. M. Cureton, Justice William Pierson

Chief Justices

  • Oran M. Roberts (April 1876 - October 1878)
  • George F. Moore (November 1878 - November 1881)
  • Robert S. Gould (November 1881 - December 1882)
  • Asa H. Willie (December 1882 - March 1888)
  • John W. Stayton (March 1888 - July 1894)
  • Reuben R. Gaines (July 1894 - January 1911)
  • Thomas J. Brown (January 1911 - May 1915)
  • Nelson Phillips (June 1915 - November 1921)
  • Calvin M. Cureton (December 1921 - April 1940)
  • W. F. Moore (April 1940 - January 1941)
  • James P. Alexander (January 1941 - September 1945)

Associate Justices

  • Robert S. Gould (April 1876 - November 1881)
  • John W. Stayton (November 1881 - March 1888)
  • A. S. Walker (April 1888 - January 1889)
  • J. L. Henry (January 1889 - May 1893)
  • T. J. Brown (May 1893 - January 1911)
  • W. F. Ramsey (January 1911 - April 1912)
  • Nelson Phillips (April 1912 - June 1915)
  • J. E. Yantis (June 1915 - March 1918)
  • Thomas B. Greenwood (April 1918 - December 1934)
  • John H. Sharp (December 1934 - September 1945)
  • George F. Moore (April 1876 - October 1878)
  • Micajah H. Bonner (November 1878 - December 1882)
  • Charles S. West (December 1882 - September 1885)
  • Sawnie Robertson (October 1885 - September 1886)
  • Reubin R. Gaines (September 1886 - July 1894)
  • Leroy G. Denman (July 1894 - May 1899)
  • F. A. Williams (May 1899 - April 1911)
  • J. B. Bibrell (April 1911 - January 1913)
  • William E. Hawkins (January 1913 - January 1921)
  • William Pierson (January 1921 - April 1935)
  • Richard Critz (May 1935 - January 1945)
  • Gordon Simpson (January 1945 - September 1945)
Justice Frank A. Williams, Chief Justice Thomas J. Brown, Justice William F. Ramsey