Judge R.E. Thomason - 1960
Judge R.E. Thomason - 1960
Robert Ewing Thomason (May 30, 1879 – November 8, 1973) was a Texas politician, a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, the mayor of El Paso, a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Ewing_Thomason
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