Benjamin Dudley Tarlton
| Benjamin Dudley Tarlton | |
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| Chief Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals | |
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Assumed office 1892 |
Benjamin Dudley Tarlton (October 18, 1849 – September 22, 1919) was an American lawyer, legislator, judge, and professor.[1] Tarlton practiced law in Texas from 1899 to 1904. He served in the seventeenth and nineteenth Texas Legislatures as member of the Texas House of Representatives.[2] Texas Governor Jim Hogg appointed him to the Commission of Appeals in 1891. In 1892, Tarlton was elected Chief Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals. From 1904 to 1919, he was a distinguished Professor of Law at University of Texas School of Law.[3] The University of Texas School of Law Tarlton Law Library was named in his honor in 1951.
References
- ↑ The University of Texas Record. The University. 1904. pp. 381–.
- ↑ League, The Hillsboro Heritage (2013-11-04). Hillsboro. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 118–. ISBN 9780738599588. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ↑ Gordon, Robert W.; Horwitz, Morton J. (2011-03-07). Law, Society, and History: Themes in the Legal Sociology and Legal History of Lawrence M. Friedman. Cambridge University Press. pp. 320–. ISBN 9781139498128. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
Additional sources
- Brian Hart, "TARLTON, BENJAMIN DUDLEY," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fta09), accessed August 10, 2014. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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