TARRANT COUNTY, TX
Tarrant County Archives
Historical List of Tarrant County Judges and Commissioners
DATES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CORRECTED. JUDGE DATES UPDATED DECEMBER 22, 2022.
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| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1849-1850 (December 1849-August 1850) | Vincent J. Hatton (Temporary Commissioner) |
| 1849-1850 (December 1849-August 1850) | Walling R. Rogers (Temporary Commissioner) |
| 1849-1850 (December 1849-August 1850) | Middleton Tate Johnson (Temporary Commissioner) |
| 1849-1850 (December 1849-August 1850) | Sanders Elliott (Temporary Commissioner) |
| 1849-1850 (December 1849-August 1850) | _____ Little (Temporary Commissioner) |
| 1850-1852 | Seaborne Gilmore (Chief Justice); Commissioners Unknown |
| 1852-1854 | Jason Watson (Chief Justice); Commissioners Unknown |
| 1854-1856 | I. Tracy Morehead (Chief Justice) |
| 1854-1856 | James Joyce (Commissioner) |
| 1854-1856 | G. W. Minter (Commissioner) |
| 1854-1856 | C. C. McKinney (Commissioner) |
| 1854-1856 | I. L. Purvis (Commissioner) |
| 1856-1858 | Seaborne Gilmore (Chief Justice) |
| 1856-1858 | Hamilton Bennett (Commissioner) |
| 1856-1858 | John W. Smith (Commissioner) |
| 1856-1858 | John Farran (Commissioner) |
| 1856-1858 | Isaac Y. Bowman (Commissioner) |
| 1858-1861 | William Quayle (Chief Justice) |
| 1858-1860 | James Young (Commissioner) |
| 1858-1860 | V. J. Hutton (Commissioner) |
| 1858-1860 | Isaac Bowman (Commissioner) |
| 1858-1860 | W. B. Bell (Commissioner) |
| 1861-1861 | R. W. Tannahill, succeeded Quayle November 5, 1861 |
| 1860-1862 | Allen Russell (Commissioner); the number indicates those first elected left at outbreak of war and were succeeded by others |
| 1860-1862 | William Poe (Commissioner); the number indicates those first elected left at outbreak of war and were succeeded by others |
| 1860-1862 | James M. Crawford (Commissioner); the number indicates those first elected left at outbreak of war and were succeeded by others |
| 1860-1862 | James R. Allen (Commissioner); the number indicates those first elected left at outbreak of war and were succeeded by others |
| 1860-1862 | James Young (Commissioner); the number indicates those first elected left at outbreak of war and were succeeded by others |
| 1860-1862 | S. B. Bowman (Commissioner); the number indicates those first elected left at outbreak of war and were succeeded by others |
| 1860-1862 | W. R. Bell (Commissioner); the number indicates those first elected left at outbreak of war and were succeeded by others |
| 1862-1866 | Stephen Terry (Chief Justice) |
| 1862-1864 | I. B. Hibbert (Commissioner) |
| 1862-1864 | Joshua Cook (Commissioner) |
| 1862-1864 | William Lytle (Commissioner) |
| 1862-1864 | Isaac D. Parker (Commissioner) |
| 1864-1865 (August 1, 1864-August 21, 1865) | L. C. Stephens (Commissioner) |
| 1864-1865 (August 1, 1864-August 21, 1865) | Barney B. McQuien (Commissioner) |
| 1864-1865 (August 1, 1864-August 21, 1865) | Joshua Cook (Commissioner) |
| 1864-1865 (August 1, 1864-August 21, 1865) | Lawrence Steele (Commissioner) |
| 1865-1866 (August 21, 1865-June 1866) | Hiram Riddle (Commissioner); appointed by Provisional Governor |
| 1865-1866 (August 21, 1865-June 1866) | Charles Wise (Commissioner); appointed by Provisional Governor |
| 1865-1866 (August 21, 1865-June 1866) | Daniel McKinzie (Commissioner); appointed by Provisional Governor |
| 1865-1866 (August 21, 1865-June 1866) | Thomas Jefferson (Commissioner); appointed by Provisional Governor |
| 1866-1867 (June 25, 1866-November 1867) | William B. Tucker (County Judge); first free election after fall of Confederacy |
| 1866-1867 (June 25, 1866-November 1867) | Lawrence Steele (Commissioner); first free election after fall of Confederacy |
| 1866-1867 (June 25, 1866-November 1867) | Joshua Cook (Commissioner); first free election after fall of Confederacy |
| 1866-1867 (June 25, 1866-November 1867) | Thomas Jefferson (Commissioner); first free election after fall of Confederacy |
| 1866-1867 (June 25, 1866-November 1867) | L. H. Stephens (Commissioner); first free election after fall of Confederacy |
| 1867-1869, 1873-1876 | From November 12, 1867-May 1869, all County officials were appointed by various generals. Local Elections held again, 1873-1876 |
| 1867-1873 (November 1867-1873) | B. F. Barkley (County Judge) |
| 1867-1873 (November 1867-1873) | Newton Holland (Commissioner) |
| 1867-1873 (November 1867-1873) | Joseph B. Farmer (Commissioner); who refused to qualify |
| 1867-1873 (November 1867-1873) | William Evans (Commissioner); who was removed by General Canby |
| 1867-1873 (November 1867-1873) | H. C. Jefferson (Commissioner) |
| 1867-1873 (November 1867-1873) | William Linn (Commissioner) |
| 1867-1873 (November 1867-1873) | Y. W. Mann (Commissioner) |
| 1867-1873 (November 1867-1873) | John E. Browdon (Commissioner) |
| 1867-1873 (November 1867-1873) | W. R. Richardson (Commissioner) |
| 1873-1876 | J. S. Morris (Chief Justice) |
| 1873-1876 | James Grimsley (Commissioner) |
| 1873-1876 | James K. Allen (Commissioner) |
| 1873-1876 | J. P. Lipscomb (Commissioner) |
| 1873-1876 | C. W. Jones (Commissioner) |
| 1876-1880 | C. C. Cummings (County Judge) |
| 1876-1878 | J. W. Chapman (Commissioner) |
| 1876-1878 | J. S. W. Morrison (Commissioner) |
| 1876-1878, 1882-1886 | John Terrell (Commissioner) |
| 1876-1878 | J. M. Young (Commissioner) |
| 1878-1880 | H. C. Johnson (Commissioner) |
| 1878-1882 | William Harrison (Commissioner) |
| 1878-1882 | J. B. Andrews (Commissioner) |
| 1878-1886, 1888-1890 | T. B. Maddox (Commissioner) |
| 1880-1884 | Robert E. Beckham (County Judge) |
| 1880-1882 | John F. Zinn (Commissioner) |
| 1882-1884 | B. F. Latimer (Commissioner) |
| 1882-1884 | L. H. Stephens (Commissioner) |
| 1884-1888 | Sam Furman (County Judge) |
| 1884-1886 | S. Terry (Commissioner) |
| 1884-1886 | J. T. McKnight (Commissioner) |
| 1886-1888 | H. C. Holloway (Commissioner) |
| 1886-1888 | J. T. Nichols (Commissioner) |
| 1886-1890, 1894-1896 | J. W. Higgins (Commissioner) |
| 1886-1888 | J. T. Pullman (Commissioner) |
| 1888-1892 | W. D. Harris (County Judge) |
| 1888-1892 | J. J. Scott (Commissioner) |
| 1888-1894 | M. R. Collins (Commissioner) |
| 1890-1892 | F. L. Wist (Commissioner) |
| 1890-1892 | T. B. Maddox (Commissioner) |
| 1892-1894 | Robert Gillis Johnson (County Judge) |
| 1892-1894 | H. C. Holloway (Commissioner) |
| 1892-1894 | H. T. Wall (Commissioner) |
| 1892-1894 | J. L. Mock (Commissioner) |
| 1894-1898 | George W. Armstrong (County Judge) |
| 1894-1896 | John Bardon (Commissioner) |
| 1894-1896 | A. T. Lowe (Commissioner) |
| 1894-1896 | William M. Cross (Commissioner) |
| 1896-1898 | C. G. Mitchell (Commissioner) |
| 1896-1898 | A. S. Lowe (Commissioner) |
| 1896-1900 | J. K. P. Hammond (Commissioner) |
| 1896-1898 | W. S. Bourland (Commissioner) |
| 1898-1902 | M. B. Harris (County Judge) |
| 1898-1904 | William Barr (Commissioner) |
| 1898-1900 | S. W. Rudd (Commissioner) |
| 1898-1900 | W. S. Bourland (Commissioner) |
| 1900-1906 | B. F. Ramsey (Commissioner) |
| 1900-1902 | B. H. Starr (Commissioner) |
| 1900-1904 | J. H. Hightower (Commissioner) |
| 1902-1906 | R. F. Milan (County Judge) |
| 1902-1906 | Edd Andrews (Commissioner) |
| 1904-1906 | W. Z. Castleberry (Commissioner) |
| 1904-1908 | O. L. Sweet (Commissioner) |
| 1906-1910 | John L. Terrell (County Judge) |
| 1906-1910 | D. H. Purvis (Commissioner) |
| 1906-1910 | John A. Hiett (Commissioner) |
| 1906-1910 | T. P. Huffman (Commissioner) |
| 1908-1914 | W. O. Reves (Commissioner) |
| 1910-1913 | R. E. Bratton (County Judge); resigned May 1, 1913, succeeded by Jesse Brown |
| 1910-1914 | R. E. Duringer (Commissioner) |
| 1910-1912 | J. H. Rodgers (Commissioner) |
| 1912-1914 | Charles T. Prewett, (County Judge, Civil) |
| 1912-1914 | J. H. Rodgers (Commissioner); resigned May 3, 1913, succeeded by W. C. Weeks |
| 1910-1914 | Wallis Estill (Commissioner); resigned May 3, 1913, succeeded by H. R. Wall |
| 1913-1918 | Jesse Brown (County Judge) |
| 1914-1916 | James A. Childers (Commissioner) |
| 1914-1918 | Rufe Snow (Commissioner) |
| 1916-1918 | James A. Childers (Commissioner) |
| 1918-1922 | Hugh L. Small (County Judge) |
| 1918-1920 | James A. Childers (Commissioner) |
| 1914-1920 | Olin W. Gibbins (Commissioner); died December 1919, succeeded by Ed McRae |
| 1914-1920 | H. R. Wall (Commissioner); died December 1919, succeeded by S. A. Wall |
| 1918-1920 | John W. Roberts (Commissioner) |
| 1920-1922 | James A. Childers (Commissioner); resigned October 1921, succeeded by W. A. Fitts |
| 1920-1922 | W. T. Hudson (Commissioner) |
| 1920-1922 | Hugh Hightower (Commissioner) |
| 1920-1922 | John W. Roberts (Commissioner) |
| 1922-1924 | County officials began to take office in January, serving 2 full calendar years; formerly served on fiscal year basis. |
| 1923-1926 | Emmett Moore (County Judge) |
| 1922-1933 | H. E. Wright (Commissioner) |
| 1922-1924 | W. T. Hudson (Commissioner) |
| 1922-1924 | Hugh M. Hightower (Commissioner) |
| 1922-1924 | H. E. Seyster (Commissioner) |
| 1925-1926 | W. T. Hudson (Commissioner); Hudson served 1925, R. E. Duringer served 1 year, 1926 |
| 1925-1930 | S. A. Wall (Commissioner) |
| 1925-1926 | H. E. Seyster (Commissioner) |
| 1927-1930 | S. D. Shannon (County Judge) |
| 1927-1928 | Dick Boaz (Commissioner) |
| 1929-1930 | Dick Boaz (Commissioner) |
| 1931-1932 | C. W. Atkinson (County Judge) |
| 1927-1932 | Joe F. Schooler (Commissioner) |
| 1931-1932, 1935-1938 | Frank T. Estill (Commissioner) |
| 1933-1936 | Emmett Moore (County Judge) |
| 1933-1934 | J. M. Mitchell (Commissioner) |
| 1933-1934 | C. V. Fox (Commissioner) |
| 1933-1934 | J. A. Davis (Commissioner); died April 13, 1933, succeeded by S. A. Wall; Wall died April 1934, he was succeeded by R. M. Reeves |
| 1933-1934 | J. I. Short (Commissioner) |
| 1935-1936 | J. M. Mitchell (Commissioner) |
| 1935-1946 | Joe C. Thannisch (Commissioner) |
| 1931-1932, 1935-1938 | W. W. Merrett (Commissioner) |
| 1937-1942 | Dave Miller (County Judge) |
| 1937-1938 | J. M. (Earl) Mitchell (Commissioner) |
| 1939-1942 | James M. Scott (Commissioner) |
| 1939-1942 | H. M. Hightower (Commissioner) |
| 1939-1946 | Frank Winters (Commissioner) |
| 1943-1948 | Jess Holder (Commissioner) |
| 1943-1948 | Clarence O. Kraft (County Judge) |
| 1945-1948 | Ed Ailes (Commissioner) |
| 1947-1950 | W. W. O'Farrell (Commissioner) |
| 1949-1958 | Gus Brown (County Judge) |
| 1949-1968 | Bryan Henderson (Commissioner) |
| 1949-1954 | James Owen (Commissioner) |
| 1951-1970 | C. H. Wright (Commissioner) |
| 1947-1952 | M. W. (Hap) Hovenkamp (Commissioner); resigned September 1952, succeeded by Roscoe Minton |
| 1954 | State Constitution amended creating 4 year terms for County Judges and Commissioners. Commissioners will rotate their terms beginning with Precincts 2 and 4 starting 4 year term. |
| 1955-1958 | Earl Johnson (Commissioner) |
| 1959-1966 | Marvin B. Simpson Jr. (County Judge) |
| 1959-1975 | R. F. Lewis (Commissioner); Lewis died July 11, 1975; succeeded by A. Lyn Gregory |
| 1953-1966 | Roscoe Minton (Commissioner) |
| 1967-1968 | Roscoe Minton (Commissioner); Minton died July 1968; succeeded by Gordon Gray until November 1968 |
| 1969-1988 | Dick Anderson (Commissioner) |
| 1969-1974 | George (Skeet) Richardson (Commissioner) |
| 1967-1974 | Howard Green (County Judge) |
| 1975-1986 | Mike Moncrief (County Judge) |
| 1975-1986 | B. D. Griffin (Commissioner) |
| 1976-1984 | A. Lyn Gregory (Commissioner) |
| 1971-1983 | Robert L. (Jerry) Mebus (Commissioner); Mebus died April 4, 1983; succeeded by S. J. Stovall |
| 1984 | S. J. Stovall (Commissioner) |
| 1985-1990 | O. L. Watson (Commissioner) |
| 1985-1996 | Bob Hampton (Commissioner) |
| 1987-1990 | Roy English (County Judge) |
| 1987-2022 | J. D. Johnson (Commissioner) |
| 1989-2003 | Dionne Bagsby (Commissioner) |
| 1991-2006 | Tom Vandergriff (County Judge) |
| 1991-2009 | Marti Van Ravenswaay (Commissioner) |
| 1997-2006 | B. Glen Whitley (Commissioner) |
| 2004-2024 | Roy Charles Brooks (Commissioner) |
| 2007-2022 | B. Glen Whitley (County Judge) |
| 2006-2024 | Gary Fickes (Commissioner) |
| 2011-2018 | Andy H. Nguyen (Commissioner) |
| 2019-2022 | Devan Allen (Commissioner) |
| 2023-2026 | Tim O'Hare (County Judge) |
| 2023-2026 | Alisa Simmons (Commissioner |
| 2023-2026 | Manny Ramirez (Commissioner) |