R. Ewing Thomason
Encyclopedia
Robert Ewing Thomason 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 judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
.
Partner in a El Paso law firm with Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr.
, and later J. G. McGrady and Eugene T. Edwards.
Thomason did not normally use his first name and was known as R. Ewing Thomason or Ewing Thomason.
El Paso County Hospital District's University Medical Center, was named for him for about fifty years, until 2009.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
politician, a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. The House is composed of 150 members elected from single-member districts across the state. The average district has about 150,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits...
, the mayor of El Paso, a Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
member of the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
, and a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
The United States District Court For the Western District Of Texas is a Federal district court. The court convenes in San Antonio with divisions in Austin, Del Rio, El Paso, Midland, Pecos, and Waco. It has jurisdiction in over 50 Trans-Pecos, Permian Basin and Hill Country counties of the U.S....
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Partner in a El Paso law firm with Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr.
Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr.
Thomas Calloway Lea, Jr. , was a prominent American attorney from El Paso, Texas, and mayor of that city from 1915 to 1917.-Biography:Lea was born in Independence, Missouri, to Thomas Calloway and Amanda Rose Lea....
, and later J. G. McGrady and Eugene T. Edwards.
Thomason did not normally use his first name and was known as R. Ewing Thomason or Ewing Thomason.
El Paso County Hospital District's University Medical Center, was named for him for about fifty years, until 2009.
External links
- R. E. Thomason Shaped City, State, Nation - El Paso Historical Society, the Border Heritage Center
- El Paso County, Texas - Political Graveyard