Joseph Chappell HUTCHESON

Background

HUTCHESON, Joseph Chappell was born on October 19, 1879 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph Chappell and Mildred (Carrington) Hutcheson.

Education

Educated Bethel (Virginia) Military Academy, University of Virginia. Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1900.

Career

Born in Houston, Texas, Hutcheson received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1900. He was in private practice in Houston from 1900 to 1918, and was the chief legal advisor to the City of Houston from 1913 to 1917. He was Mayor of Houston from 1917 to 1918.

On March 29, 1918, Hutcheson was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas vacated by Waller T. Burns.

Hutchenson was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 6, 1918, and received his commission the same day. On December 20, 1930, President Herbert Hoover elevated Hutcheson to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit created by 46 Statistics

538. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1931, and received his commission on January 26, 1931.

He served as chief judge from 1948–1959, assuming senior status on November 4, 1964. Hutcheson served in that capactity until his death, in Houston, Texas on January 18, 1973.

Hutcheson built a large home in the Montrose neighborhood, now numbered 501 Lovett Boulevard. During his lifetime the home was numbered 500, at his request, although it was on the odd numbered side of the street.

The home has been purchased by Hostelling International, which will operate it as a hostel from late August 2011.

Hutcheson previously lived at 2516 Commonwealth, and at 912 Truxillo in Houston. There is a Joseph C. Hutcheson, Junior. endowed scholarship awarded at the University of Texas Law School. A Hutcheson nephew, Thad Hutcheson, a Houston lawyer, was a Republican candidate in the 1957 special election for the United States. Senate from Texas.

He lost to the Democrat Ralph Yarborough.

In 1958, Hutcheson served as the chairman of the Texas Republican Party.

Achievements

• Joseph C. Hutcheson has been listed as a reputable judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member, Hutcheson, Hutcheson & Hutcheson, and Hutcheson and Bryan. Chief legal adviser, Houston, 1913-1917. Mayor, City of Houston, 1917-1918.

United States Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1918. Dean, South Texas School of Law, Houston. Consultant and Adviser on Federal Courts to the National.

Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement. Member, National. Advisory Committee of the Institute, of Law, Johns Hopkins U. Member: Texas, State and Harris Company Bar Associations. Houston Philos. Society.

Kappa Sigma; Presbyterian. Clubs: University, River Oaks Country, Houston Country.

• Member, Hutcheson, Hutcheson & Hutcheson, and Hutcheson and Bryan. Chief legal adviser, Houston, 1913-1917. Mayor, City of Houston, 1917-1918. United States Judge, Southern District of Texas, 1918. Dean, South Texas School of Law, Houston. Consultant and Adviser on Federal Courts to the National. Commision on Law Observance and Enforcement. Member, National. Advisory Comm, of the Institute, of Law, Johns Hopkins U. Member of Texas, State and Harris Company Bar Associations. Houston Philosophical Society. Kappa Sigma; Presbyterian. Clubs: University, River Oaks Country, Houston Country.

Connections

Married Anne Elizabeth Weeden, December 21, 1905. Children: Joseph C. III, Mary Pye.

Father:

Joseph Chappell Hutcheson

Mother:

Mildred (Carrington) Hutcheson

Spouse:

Anne Elizabeth Weeden

child:

Mary Pye Hutcheson

child:

Joseph C. III Hutcheson