Background
HUTCHESON, Joseph Chappell was born on October 19, 1879 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph Chappell and Mildred (Carrington) Hutcheson.
HUTCHESON, Joseph Chappell was born on October 19, 1879 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph Chappell and Mildred (Carrington) Hutcheson.
Educated Bethel (Virginia) Military Academy, University of Virginia. Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1900.
Practiced law, Houston, 1900-1918. Member successively Hutcheson, Campbell & Hutcheson, Hutcheson & Hutcheson, Hutcheson & Bryan. Chief legal adviser City of Houston, 1913-1917.
Mayor Houston, 1917-1918. United States district judge, Southern District Texas, 1918-1930. United States circuit judge, Fifth Circuit, Houston, 1931-1964, chief judge, 1948-1959, United States senior circuit judge, 1964-1968.
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 Committee of the Institute, of Law, Johns Hopkins University Member of Texas, State and Harris Company Bar Associations. Houston Philosophical Society. Kappa Sigma; Presbyterian.
Clubs: University, River Oaks Country, Houston Country.
Married Anne Elizabeth Weeden, December 21, 1905. Children: Joseph C. III, Mary Pye.