Background
Birkhead, Claude Vivian was born on May 27, 1880 in Phoenix, Oregon, United States. Son of Joseph Chenoweth and Mary Jane (Jennings) Birkhead.
Birkhead, Claude Vivian was born on May 27, 1880 in Phoenix, Oregon, United States. Son of Joseph Chenoweth and Mary Jane (Jennings) Birkhead.
Student Fort Worth U., 1898-1899. Honorary Doctor of Laws, 1941.
Admitted to Texas bar, 1899, practiced at San Antonio since 1904. Senior member Birkhead, Beckmann, Standard, Vance & Wood. Appointed judge 73d District, 1910, re-elected 4 year term, resigned, 1912.
City attorney San Antonio, 1920-1921. Counsel San Antonio District Federal Loan Agency. President and general counsel, Commercial Cattle Loan Company.
General counsel Grayburg Oil Corporation, San Antonio Insurance Exchange, San Antonio Real Estate Board. Counsel Nueces Valley Authority. Chairman trustees, general counsel Nix Memorial Hospital.
Special attorney appointed by Texas Legislature to represent Texas coastal land claims before Congress, 1939. Chairman San Antonio United States-Texas Centennial Committee, 1936-1937. Chairman Democratic National Campaign Committee, Bexar County, Texas, 1936-1937.
Chairman Fire and Police Civil Service Board, 1931-1936. Colonel 131st Field Artillery, United States Army. American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919.
Chief of staff, 36th Division, Texas National Guard, 1919-1923. Brigadier general, 1923-1936. Major general (N.G.U.S.) Army of the United States, commanding 36th Division Texas, National Guard, 1936.
Command general Camp Bowie, Texas, and 36th Division Army of the United States, 1940-1941. Commanding general Internal Security Forces, 3d Service Commanded, 1942. Retired from active service, June 30, 1942.
Lieutenant general Texas State Guard Reserve Corps, commanding.
Member American, Texas State and San Antonio bar associations Fraternal Society Law Association, International Association of Insurance Counsel. Mason (K.T.).; Club: Fort Sam Houston Officers’.
Married Lillian Alice Guessaz, December 6, 1905. Children: Betty Jane, Mary Annual.