Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.
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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. | |
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Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
In office November 4, 1964 – January 18, 1973 | |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
In office January 26, 1931 – November 4, 1964 | |
Appointed by | Herbert Hoover |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Homer Thornberry |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
In office April 6, 1918 – January 26, 1931 | |
Appointed by | Woodrow Wilson |
Preceded by | Waller Thomas Burns |
Succeeded by | Thomas Martin Kennerly |
Personal details | |
Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | October 19, 1879
Died | January 18, 1973 Houston, Texas, U.S. | (aged 93)
Alma mater | University of Texas School of Law |
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. (October 19, 1879 – January 18, 1973) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Houston, Texas, Hutcheson received an LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1900. He was in private practice in Houston from 1900 to 1918, and was the chief legal advisor to the City of Houston from 1913 to 1917. He was Mayor of Houston from 1917 to 1918.
On March 29, 1918, Hutcheson was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas vacated by Waller T. Burns. Hutchenson was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 6, 1918, and received his commission the same day. On December 20, 1930, President Herbert Hoover elevated Hutcheson to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit created by 46 Stat. 538. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1931, and received his commission on January 26, 1931. He served as chief judge from 1948–1959, assuming senior status on November 4, 1964. Hutcheson served in that capacity until his death, in Houston, Texas on January 18, 1973.
Hutcheson was also a member of the Anglo-American Committee on Displaced Persons that recommended in 1946 that Britain greatly increase the number of Jewish refugees it would let into Palestine.
Hutcheson built a large home in the Montrose neighborhood, now numbered 501 Lovett Boulevard. During his lifetime the home was numbered 500, at his request, although it was on the odd numbered side of the street. The home has been purchased by Hostelling International, which will operate it as a hostel from late August 2011. The home was previously the Lovett Inn, a bed and breakfast, and was rented as a yoga studio in the past.
Hutcheson previously lived at 2516 Commonwealth, and at 912 Truxillo in Houston.
He was a member of the Paul Carrington chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and was himself a descendant of Carrington.
Death and legacy
Hutcheson died January 18, 1973 in Houston.[1]
There is a Joseph C. Hutcheson Jr. endowed scholarship awarded at the University of Texas Law School.
A Hutcheson nephew, Thad Hutcheson, a Houston lawyer, was a Republican candidate in the 1957 special election for the U.S. Senate from Texas. He lost to the Democrat Ralph Yarborough. In 1958, Hutcheson served as the chairman of the Texas Republican Party.[2]
References
- ^ "Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr, Houston Judge, Dies". New York Times. January 20, 1973. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ "Index to Politicians: Hurliman to Hutchings". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
Sources
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1879 births
- 1973 deaths
- Mayors of Houston
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States district court judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson
- Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States court of appeals judges appointed by Herbert Hoover
- 20th-century American judges
- Burials at Glenwood Cemetery (Houston, Texas)
- Texas Republicans