Samuel D. Johnson Jr.

1920–2002 · Hubbard Hill County, TX

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitJudgeJimmy Carter (Democratic)Oct 5, 1979Death, Jul 27, 2002

Education

  • Baylor University, B.B.A., 1946
  • University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1949

Professional Career

U.S. Army private, 1942-1945; Private practice, Hillsboro, Texas, 1949-1953; County attorney, Hill County, Texas, 1953-1955; District attorney, Hillsboro, Texas, 1955-1959; Judge, Texas District Court, Sixty-Sixth Judicial District, 1959-1965; Director, Houston [Texas] Legal Foundation, 1965-1967; Judge, Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas, 1967-1973; Associate justice, Supreme Court of Texas, 1973-1979

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