Background
Hawkins, William Edward was born on September 26, 1863 in Greenwood, Louisiana, United States. Son of Review Samuel J. and Emeline M. (Burke) Hawkins.
Hawkins, William Edward was born on September 26, 1863 in Greenwood, Louisiana, United States. Son of Review Samuel J. and Emeline M. (Burke) Hawkins.
University of Louisiana (now Tulane University), 1881-1882. Bachelor of Science, Southwestern U., Georgetown, Texas, 1884.
Admitted to Texas bar, 1887. Practiced at Dallas, to 1905. 1st assistant attorney general of Texas, 1905-1909.
Commissioner of insurance and banking, Texas, 1910. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, 1913-1921.
Member Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Married Ella Dickason, November 11, 1886.