Background
Vinson, William Ashton was born on December 22, 1874 in White Oak, South Carolina, United States. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Brice) Vinson.
Vinson, William Ashton was born on December 22, 1874 in White Oak, South Carolina, United States. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Brice) Vinson.
Bachelor of Arts, Austin College, Sherman, Texas, 1896, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1925.
Admitted to Texas bar, 1899. Became member of the firm of Wilkins & Vinson, Sherman, Texas, 1900-1909, Lane, Wolters & Storey, Houston, Texas, 1909-1915, Townes & Vinson, Houston, 1915-1917, Vinson & Elkins, 1917. Member Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Francis, Houston, since 1936, also predecessor firms.
Director and general counsel Great Southern Life Insurance Company Appointed by Supreme Court member of commission to prepare Code of Civil Procedure for all Texas Civil Courts, 1940.
Chairman Committee op Interpretation of Rules of Civil Procedure. President board of trustees Houston Public Library since 1925.
Member American and Texas State bar associations, American Judicature Society, Alpha Tau Omega. Mason.; Clubs: Houston, Houston Country, Bayou (Houston).
Married Ethel Clayton Turner, December 19, 1900. Children: Virginia (Mistress James Griffith Lawton), Julia Elizabeth (Mistress Charles William Dabney, Junior.