Background
Witherspoon, James Winfred was born on September 20, 1906 in Indianola, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Ernest and Mary Etta (Stafford) Witherspoon.
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James Winfred WITHERSPOON
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Montezuma College (Bachelor of Arts, 1926). University of Texas and University of Oklahoma (Bachelor of Laws, 1929). Phi Alpha Delta. District Attorney, 69th Judicial District, 1933-1939.
District Judge, 69th Judicial District, 1940-1945.
Board of Regents of Texas A. & M. College, 1951-1957.
Career
Bar: Texas 1929, Oklahoma 1929, United States Court Claims 1957, United States Court Appeals (5th, 10th and 11th circuits) 1949, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1958. Sole practice, Hereford, Texas, 1929. Senior partner Witherspoon, Aikin, Langley, 1950.
District attorney 69th Judicial District of Texas, 1933-1940, district judge, 1940-1944.
Chairman, Board Of Directors 1st National Bank Hereford. Founder 1st National Bank Dumas, Texas.
Executive secretary, legal representative Texas-New Mexico Sugar Beet Growers Association, Incorporated. Board directors Transport Life Insurance Company, Fort Worth, High Plains Grain Company, Dumas.
Board regents Texas Agricultural and Mechanics
University, 1951-1957;delegate Texas State Democratic Convention, 1948, 52, 56, 60. Named Citizen of Year, Deaf Smith County, 1961, Citizen of Year, City of Hereford, 1961.
Achievements
Membership
Delaware Texas State Democratic Convention, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960. Board regents Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1951—1957. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation (charter).
Member: Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans, American Bar Association, Junior Chamber of C. (sustaining mem), West Texas Chamber of Commerce, Deaf Smith County Chamber of C., Panhandle History Society (board directors), Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, American College Probate Counsel, Texas Association Plantiffs' Attorneys, National Plaintiffs' Attorneys Association, American Judicature Society, Texas State Bar Association, American Association For Justice, Amarillo Businessmen's Club (founder), Will Rogers Range Riders Club, Hereford Riders Club, Hereford Country Club, Amarillo Country Club (Texas), Sugar New York Club, Amarillo, Amarillo Knife & Fork Club, Rotary, Shriners, Masons, Knight Templar, Elks, Phi Alpha Delta.
Connections
Married Margaret Gilliland, July 25, 1930 (deceased). Children: Gerald Winfrey, Eleanor Irene Witherspoon Couch. Married Elizabeth Spradley Womble, February 14, 1959.
1 child Janie Womble Smith.
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American
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