Hugh Gibson
Hugh Gibson (1918-1998) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Gibson was nominated to the Southern District of Texas by President Jimmy Carter on July 31, 1979, to a seat vacated by Finis Cowan; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 1979, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on November 1, 1989. He served the Southern District of Texas until his death on June 18, 1998.[1] Gibson was succeeded in this position by Samuel Kent.
Early life and education
- Rice University, B.A., 1940
- Baylor University School of Law, LL.B., 1948[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Sergeant, 1942-1945
- Professor, Baylor Law School, 1948-1949
- Assistant district attorney, Galveston, Texas, 1949-1952
- Assistant city attorney, Galveston, Texas, 1951-1953
- Private practice, Galveston, Texas, 1952-1953
- Judge, Probate Court, Galveston County, Texas, 1954-1968
- Judge, 56th Judicial District, State of Texas, 1969-1979[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Texas
Gibson was nominated to the Southern District of Texas by President Jimmy Carter on July 31, 1979, to a seat vacated by Finis Cowan; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 1979, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on November 1, 1989. He served the Southern District of Texas until his death on June 18, 1998.[1] Gibson was succeeded in this position by Samuel Kent.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Gibson's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Finis Cowan |
Southern District of Texas 1979–1989 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: Samuel Kent
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
