I am writing a history of women judges in Texas. These are some of the 300 I've found, and I lack at least that many more. I won't write biographical information about all, but I will about those for whom I find a source for that information. If you know/knew these women or their families, please contact me. The list here will be updated as I add to the database. Barbara B. Rollins, barbara@sharpwriters.com, Home: 325-698-0687 Work: 325-518-5108. Thanks!

 

 

Judge

Court

Location

When?

Ophelia "Birdy" Harwood

Municipal

Marble Falls, Burnet Co.

1917

Mrs. Mary C. Robertson

JP #3

Maverick Co., Eagle Pass

11/2/1922

Juliet Barron Crump, Mrs. A. L.

JP

Gaines County

1924

Beulah Taylor

JP

Harrison Co. (Marshall)

3/2/1925

Helen Marion Therrel Viglini

Municipal

Who knows?

1925

Mrs. Mary H Peel

JP #8

Kaufman County (Kemp)

1926

Dollie M. Ray

JP

Lipscomb County

1928

Mrs. Carl, Mrs. M. A.

JP

Harrison Co. (Marshall)

1930

Mrs. Don Crow

JP

Bell County

1931

Betty Dunman

JP

Chambers co.

1932

Mrs. A. S. Crump

JP

Cottle County

1933

Mrs. Turner/ Lola?

JP #2

Comanche Co.

11/6/1934

Iris Loraine Stokes (Mrs. R. F.)

JP #4

Randall Co.

6/11/1934

Eclan Smith

JP #6

Robertson Co. Franklin

1/1/1935

Mary M., Mrs. George L.

JP

Crane Co

11/3/1936

Rosa H., Mrs. A. S. Vankirk

JP #1

Fannin Co. Bandera

5/11/1936

Grace Holt (Mrs.)

JP

Rockwall Co.

9/13/1937

Velma Davenport (Mrs. Fred)

County

Wise (Decatur)

5/17/1938

Miss Virginia Young/Granger

JP

Brewster Co., Marathon

11/8/1938

Lillian (Mrs. Clem)

JP #2

Kaufman County (Forny)

1938

Grace Deweese Seely

JP 1

Rockwall, Rockwall Co.

11/8/1938

Elizabeth Freeman

JP 1

Falls Co., Marlin

11/8/1938

Mrs. Mabel Yeates-Dryden

JP 1

Terrell Co., Sanderson

11/8/1938

Mrs. Lena C. Duller

JP 4

Matagorda Co., Blessing

11/8/1938

Mae Ballard Flesher

JP 4

Randall County

11/8/1938

Mrs. Jessie Tunstall

JP 4

Ward Co., Pyote

11/8/1938

Marion (Mrs. G. M.) Florence

JP 2

Rusk Co., Overton

1/23/1939

Miss Agnes Sagebiel

Special

Gillespie & San Saba Co.

2/10/1939

Mrs. Lizzie Hahn

 JP

Columbus Co., Columbus

10/25/1950

Miss Ruby Koen

JP 1

Hamilton Co., Hamilton

8/22/1940

Mrs. Luis Varela

JP 3

El Paso Co., Socorro

11/5/1940

Mrs. Z. E. Shaw

JP 6

Hardin Co., Thicket

11/5/1940

Hilda Huber

JP 7

Austin Co., Belleville

4/1/1940

Miss Nettie Kinney

Special

Bexar Co.

3/9/1940

Laura Lee Hampshire Phillips

County

Brazoria County

1941

Miss Lucille Hannold

JP 4

Brewster Co., Hot Springs

3/10/1941

Esma Morris Cash

JP

Garza County

1942-

Mrs. Mildred Kirk

JP 1

Dimmit Co., Carrizo Spg.

11/23/1942

Mrs. A. A. Green

JP 3

Brewster Co., Marathon

11/3/1942

Mrs. W. E. Pakerson

JP 3

Johnson Co., Joshua

11/3/1942

Mrs. Jennie Ross

JP 3

Clay Co., Petrolia

1/3/1942

Mary Lee Bradley

JP 4

Moore Co., Sunray

11/5/1940

Mrs. Beatrice R. McCormick

Co

Navarro County

5/13/1944

Mrs. Marion A. Lawson

County

Red River Co.

4/27/1944

Mrs. Ellie Bonner Rolston

County

Angelina Co.

6/3/1944

Mrs. J. M. Barron

JP

Colttle Co., Paducah

11/7/1944

Grace Hendricks

JP

Ector County

11/7/1944

Clarence LaGrove Holland

JP

Panola Co., Logansport

11/7/1944

Aileen Jo Gibson

JP 3

Upton Co., McCamey

11/7/1944

Ella C. Fischer

JP 5

Bexar Co., Van Ormy

11/7/1944

Mrs. C. T. Towns

JP 6

Robertson Co., Franklin

11/7/1944

Mrs. Abbie Copeland

JP 7

Clay Co., Shannon

 

Mrs. Henrietta H. Johnson

JP 7

Wilson Co., Stockdale

2/14/1944

Miss Kathleen Joerges

Special

Ft. Bend Co.

1/24/1945

Dora E. Cobb

JP

Taylor Co., Merkel

4/9/1945

Hellen E. Wright

JP

Limestone Co., Mexia

8/13/1945

Helen Wade

JP 5

Carson Co., Groom

11/7/1944

Ollie Mae Cunningham/Fleming

JP 8

Callahan Co., Putnam

12/14/1945

Mrs. Hattie B. Hunt

JP

Kenedy Co., Armstrong

11/11/1946

Mrs. Homer Moon

JP 6

Callahan Co., Cross Plains

11/5/1946

Mrs. Berneice Seale

JP 1

Hardin Co., Kountz

11/5/1946

Pearl M. Wade

JP 2

Ochiltree Co., Perryton

11/5/1946

Mrs. Frances Watson

JP 4

Sherman Co., Stratford

11/5/1946

Mrs. Lena Tullis

JP

Kerr County, Center Poing

11/5/1946

Billie Davis

JP 1

Bastrop Co., Smithville

1/13/1947

Mrs. J. J. Lucy

JP 5

Gregg Co., Longview

11/19/1947

Mrs. Eunice or Ennis Mitchell

JP 6

Robertson Co. Franklin

12/20/1947

Johnnie Johnson Sweeten

County

Edwards Co., Rock Spgs

7/28/1948

Mrs. Henry A. Busk

County

Robertson County

6/4/1948

Mrs. Jim Holleman

JP 1

Leon Co., Centerville

11/2/1948

Mrs. Dora Rogers

JP 3

Palo Pinto Co., Gordon

11/2/1948

Lena York

JP 3

Jack Co., Jacksboro

11/2/1948

Mrs. Ada N. Traylor

JP 4

Taylor Co., Bradshaw

11/2/1948

Mrs. L. O. Fowler

JP 5

Tarrant Co., Ft. Worth

11/2/1948

Mrs. J. H. Craig

JP 8

Ellis Co., Italy

11/2/1948

Bonita Moore Potter

JP

Potter County

1949

Miss Anne Elizabeth Davis

Special

Medina Co.

8/23/1949

Vera P. Street

Special

Kaufman Co.

4/9/1949

Mrs. R. M. Leath

County

Rusk Co., Henderson

11/7/1950

Mrs. W. P. Midkiff

County

Gonzales County

11/18/1950

Mrs. Ivy Wilkinson

JP 1 1

Potter Co., Amarillo

11/7/1950

Helen M. Lee

JP only

Ochiltree Co., Perryton

11/7/1950

Mrs. R. E. Franklow

JP 1

Walker Co., Huntsville

11/7/1950

Mrs. Stephen Tucker

JP 1

Harrison Co., Elysian Flds

11/7/1950

Mrs. Zela S. Cathings

JP 1 2

Johnson Co., Cleburn

11/7/1950

Mrs. John Starnes

JP 2

Madison Co., Midway

11/7/1950

Mrs. Fay Castleberry

JP 3

Van Zandt Co., Wills Point

11/13/1950

Mrs. Alma Walters

JP 4

Crane Co

11/7/1950

Mrs. W. H. Neimeyer

JP 8

Van Zandt Co., Edgewood

4/10/1950

Mrs. J. L. Beard

JP 2

Talor Co., Tuscola

12/10/1951

Charlye O. Farris

Special

Wichita County

1952

Jean Strawn

County

Archer County

1952

Mrs. H. H. Janszen

JP

Jim Wells Co., Orange Gv.

11/4/1952

Mildred Barnes

JP 1 1

Rockwall, Rockwall Co.

11/4/1952

Jettie Lee Lockhart

JP 2

Crane Co

11/4/1952

Mrs. Edmundo Barrera

JP 1

Jim Hogg Co.

11/4/1952

Mrs. Emmie K. Fountain

JP 1

Orange County, Orange

11/4/1952

Mrs. Estelle Le Sassier

JP 1

Falls Co., Reagan

11/4/1952

Mrs. M. E. Broome

JP 1 1

Rusk Co., Henderson

11/4/1952

Mrs. Edward Vaughn

JP 2

Winkler Co., Wink

11/4/1952

Miranda (Mrs. C. C.) Travis

JP 3

Nacadoches Co., Garrison

11/4/1952

Mrs. Earl C. Jones

JP 4

Limestone Co., Mexia

11/4/1952

Bernice J. Allen

JP 5

McClennan Co, McGregor

11/4/1952

Louise Sharp

JP 5

Calhoun Co., Pt O'Connor

11/4/1952

Mrs. J. N. Lawrence

JP 8

Taylor Co., Shep

11/4/1952

Mrs. Lucille Burnap

JP 6

Williamson Co., Taylor

4/20/1953

Mrs. Joe C. Allen

JP

Smith Co., Tyler

11/2/1954

Alene Griffin

JP

Lamb Co., Earth

11/2/1954

Mrs. D. M. Campbell

JP only

Dawson Co., Lamesa

11/23/1954

Mrs. Ruby J. Jones

JP Only

Castro Co., Dimmit

11/2/1954

Bertha Pavlicek

JP 1

Silverton, Briscoe Co.

11/2/1954

Mrs. E. A. Vance

JP 1

Gray Co., Lefors

7/12/1954

Mrs. Austin Coffman

JP 2

Howard Co., Coahoma

11/2/1954

Mrs. Doris Ellison

JP 2

Crane Co

11/2/1954

Mrs. D'Troy Peters

JP 2

Denton Co., Pilot Point

11/2/1954

Minnie Lee Redwine

JP 2

Collin Co., Farmersville

11/2/1954

Ila Gooch

JP 3

Crane Co

11/2/1954

Mrs. Maude Rogers

JP 3

Jackson Co., Ganado

11/2/1954

Della Stewart

JP 3

Jasper Co., Kirbysville

11/2/1954

Inez Elouise Green

JP 4

Crane Co

11/2/1954

Isabel Saenz

JP 4

Starr Co., San Isidro

11/2/1954

Gertrude Stephens

JP 4

Upton Co., McCamey

11/2/1954

Mrs. C. W. Fuqua

JP 8

Grimes Co., Shiro

11/2/1954

Mrs. Clara Gray

JP 8

Harrison Co., Waskom

11/2/1954

Ann Green

Municipal

Houston

1954

Mrs. May O. Riley

JP 1

Lytle, Atascosca Co.

2/17/1956

Mrs. H. A. Cannon

JP 2

Shelby County, Shelbyville

6/11/1956

Mrs. R. E. Mills

JP 2

Wood Co., Mineola

2/1/1956

Mrs. Blanche A. Hibbert

JP 3

Kenedy Co., Armstrong

5/14/1956

Mollie Counts

JP 6

San Jacinto Co., Pt. Blank

8/13/1956

Bonnie Murrell

County

Sterling Co.

12/16/1957

Beth Wright

DR #1

Dallas

6/15/1957

Fannie Belle Moye Eastin

JP

Jefferson County

9/23/1957

Mildred W. Cunningham

JP only

Roberts Co., Miami

10/14/1957

Mrs. E. P. (Percy) Williams

JP 2

Rusk Co., Overton

7/1/1957

Margaret Flowers Lockhard

JP 8(2)

Hidalgo Co., Pharr

6/10/1957

Mrs. Pearl Mason

Special

San Augustine Co.

7/16/1957

Mrs. Charlotte T. Stack

Special

Reeves County

9/4/1957

Oma Puckett

JP

Red River, Annona

11/4/1958

Reba Grace

JP 1

Crane Co

11/4/1958

Mrs. Gladys Pafford

JP 1

Gray Co., Lefors

11/4/1958

Ethel Skillin

JP 1

Sherman Co., Stratford

11/4/1958

Mary Edna Barker

JP 2

Crane Co

11/4/1958

Mrs. Viola Carmichael

JP 2

Scurry Co., Fluvanna

11/4/1958

Mrs. Ray F. Cooksey

JP 2

Gaines Co., Seagraves

11/7/1958

Thelma Jones

JP 2

Parmer Co., Friona

11/4/1958

Mrs. Frank Lawrence

JP 2

Lubbock Co., Slaton

11/4/1958

Mrs. Murray McCain

JP 2

Rupton Co., Rankin

11/4/1958

Mrs. T. E. McCann, Sr.

JP 2

Howard Co., Coahoma

11/4/1958

Ruby Stone Springer

JP 2

Eastland Co., Ranger

11/4/1958

Mrs. Ottice Tucker

JP 2

Angelina Co., Pollok

11/4/1958

Mrs. Dora Sisk

JP 3

Lubbock Co., Idalou

1/27/1958

Mary Elizabeth Teague

JP 3

Crane Co

11/4/1958

Mrs. Gladys Brazzil

JP 4

Panola Co., DeBerry

11/4/1958

Mrs. Shirley Spruill

JP 4

Andrews Co.

11/4/1958

Mrs. Martha Hoijer

Special

Cooke County

2/6/1958

Kathleen Hale

JP 2

Tarrant Co., Arlington

8/17/1958

Mrs. Claude Turlington

JP 3

Rusk Co.

2/2/1959

Estella L. Trevino

JP 6(1)

Hidalgo Co., Edinburg

1/6/1959

Nora M. Brown

JP 4

Culberson Co., Kent

11/8/1960

Mrs. Lottie Jordy

JP 1

Montgomery Co., Willis

5/2/1960

Cathryn J. Waller (Cassie Jo)

JP 1

Ft. Bend Co., Redmond

11/8/1960

Mrs. Pearl Owen

JP 1(2)

Wilbarger Co., Vernon

11/8/1960

Mrs. J. F. Beal

JP 2

Colorado Co.

11/8/1960

Mrs. A. L. Hills

JP 2

Dallam Co., Dalhart

11/8/1960

Mrs. Mary Lea Smith

JP 2

Yoakum Co., Denver City

11/8/1960

Mrs. Faye Elveston

JP 3

Jasper Co., Kirbyville

12/1/1960

Esther Gonzales

JP 3

Frio Co., Moore

11/8/1960

Martha Williams

JP 3*

Hartley Co.

11/8/1960

Mrs. J. D. Foster

JP 4

Rains Co., Point

11/8/1960

Pearline Harris

JP 4

Oldham Co., Adrian

11/8/1960

Mrs. Winnie Costlow

JP 5

Rusk County

1/27/1960

Ima McFarland

JP 5

Burleson Co., Lyons

1/10/1960

Emma Pinkard Buckner

JP 7

Polk Co., Leggett

11/8/1960

Mrs. Lee Simes/Hilda Sims

JP 7

Grimes Co., Bedias

7/11/1960

Mrs. W. P. Williams

JP 3

Montgomery Co., Magnolia

3/16/1961

San Juanita Villarreal

JP

Jim Hogg Co., Guerra

11/13/1961

Mrs. Willie Mae Morawietz

JP 1

Guadalupe Co., Seguin

9/5/1961

Mabel Grey Howell

municipal

Houston

1961

Margarite Divine

JP

Zapato Co., Lopeño

11/6/1962

Mrs.Dale Harbin/Lanelle Tackett

County

Erath County

11/6/1962

Dorothy Westbrook

JP

Angelina Co., Pollok

3/14/1962

Doris Chamberlain

JP 1

Langtry Co., Val Verde

11/6/1962

Mrs. W. R. Hough

JP 1

Dallam Co., Texline

11/6/1962

Mrs. R. K. Jackson

JP 1

Colorado Co., Columbus

11/6/1962

Mrs. Monnie Ray McSpadden

JP 1

Upton Co., Rankin

11/6/1962

Mrs. James L. Merritt

JP 1

Terrell Co., Dryden

11/6/1962

Clara L. Sorsby

JP 1(1)

Bowie Co., Texarkana

11/6/1962

Ernistine (Tina) Villanueva

JP 1(1)

Jim Wells Co., Alice

11/6/1962

Mrs. Geneva Davis

JP 2

Crane Co

11/6/1962

Mabel Frankum

JP 2

Wharton Co., Glen Flora

11/6/1962

Mrs. J. D. Foster

JP 2

Walker Co., Huntsville

11/6/1962

Mrs. Wanda Mills

JP 2

Kenedy Co., Riviera McGill

11/6/1962

Leslie Psencik

JP 2

Jackson Co., Ganado

11/6/1962

Mrs. Ellen K. Vick

JP 2

Brazoria Co., West Col.

11/6/1962

Mrs. Tom Black Hill

JP 3

Panola Co., DeBerry

11/6/1962

Dora Vinyard

JP 3

Scurry Co., Ira

11/6/1962

Maud Chandler

JP 3(1)

Houston Co., Radcliff

11/6/1962

Mrs. Olivia A. Villarreal

JP 3(1)

Brooks Co., Encino

11/6/1962

Mrs. Rose P. Ansley

JP 4

Rockwall Co., Royse City

11/6/1962

Mrs. A. H. Boenig

JP 4

Bexas Co., Converse

11/6/1962

Mrs. Nora M. Boyd

JP 4

Culbertson Co., Kent

11/6/1962

Mrs. Earl Creager, Sr.

JP 4

Loving Co., Mentone

11/6/1962

Ruth Gray

JP 4

Counston Co., Lovelady

11/6/1962

Elzie Robertson Immel

JP 4

Lipscomb Co., Higgins

11/6/1962

Rose Peterson

JP 4

Shelby Co., Joaquin

11/6/1962

Mrs. Doris Boyd

JP 5

Panola Co., Tenaha

11/6/1962

Eula L. Caldwell

JP 5

Eastland Co., Gorman

11/6/1962

Mrs. Austin Coffman

JP 5

Rusk Co., Laneville

11/6/1962

Mrs. Ed S. Kotch

JP 5

Robertson Co., Bremond

11/6/1962

Erma Langston

JP 5

Chambers Co, Mt Belvieu

11/6/1962

Mary S. Long

JP 5

Parker Co., Aledo

11/6/1962

Mrs. E. S. Allen

JP 6

Navarro Co., Richland

11/6/1962

Mary Dugat

JP 7

Chambers Co., Winnie

11/6/1962

Christine Kowerske

JP 8

Robertson Co., Calvert

11/6/1962

Ida Mae Sims

JP 1

Kleberg Co., Kingsville

8/19/1963

Mrs. Mae Shields

JP 1-1

Hunt Co., Greenville

1/1/1963

Eva Lena Hill

JP 3

Brewster Co., Marathon

6/10/1963

Virgie Mae

JP 7

Hudspeth Co.

11/14/1963

Marguerite Braziel

JP

 

11/3/1964

Hallie Stillwell

JP 1

Brewster Co., Alpine

11/3/1964

Mrs. Bill Watson

JP 1

Gray Co., Lefors

11/12/1964

Mary Francis Hamiter

JP 2

Harrison Co., Waskom

11/3/1964

Mrs. A. G. Cox

JP 3

Hunt Co., Wolfe City

11/3/1964

Lucille Killough

JP 3

Parmer Co., Bovina

11/3/1964

Mrs. Sid Reeder

JP 4

Bordon Co., Gail

11/3/1964

Miss Audrey Poulos

Special

Bowie

5/12/1964

Dora Adams Creech

County

Shelby County

2/24/1965

Mrs. Jama L. Gandy

County

Newton Co.

3/29/1965

Mrs. Fred Adams

JP 2

Howard Co., Coahoma

5/13/1965

Beulah Zoe Dennis

JP 2

Winkler Co., Wink

6/14/1965

Mrs. J. E. Ross

JP 5

Panola Co., Carthage

1/5/1965

Mrs. Dean Risinger

JP 2

Kenedy Co., Riviera McGill

3/14/1966

Mrs. Leota Warden

JP 2

Parker Co., Springtown

3/25/1966

Mrs. Claudie Blackman

JP 3

Waller Co., Riverside

1/24/1966

Robbie Bell Hoffer

JP 5

Goliad Co., Goliad

2/21/1966

Ann King

JP 6

Dallas Co., Dallas

11/14/1966

Mary Pearl Williams

Municipal
CCL

Travis Co., Austin

1966
1973

Geraldine Browder Tennant

Master

Harris

1967

Josephine Jameson

Municipal

Abilene

1969

JoAnn Strauss

Municipal

Abilene

1969

Teresa Palacios

JP

McAllen area

1970

Frederica Wyatt

Municipal

Junction

1972

Rebecca King

County

Dallam County

1977

Marilyn Camacho

JP

Atascosa County

1977

Rebecca Jenkins

JP/Co.

Hamilton

1977

Harriet Murphy

Municipal

Austin (Travis County)

1978

Sue Holland

CCL

Collin

1979

La Vern McCann

County

Hockley Co.

 

Robyn Smajstrla

County

Baylor Seymour

 

Hettie Faye George

County

McCullough

1979

Mrs. Roy Scudday

County

Fort Davis Co.

1979