Everything about Homer Thornberry totally explained
William Homer Thornberry (
January 9 1909 -
December 12 1995) was a
United States Representative from the 10th congressional district of
Texas from
1948 to
1963, and then was a federal judge.
Biography
Thornberry was born in
Austin, Texas. His parents were teachers in the State School for the Deaf and were themselves deaf. He attended public schools in Austin, graduating from Austin High School in
1927. He received a BBA in
1932, and his law degree in
1936 from the
University of Texas at Austin.
Homer Thornberry served as a Member of the
Texas Legislature, a District Attorney in
Travis County, Texas, a
Lieutenant Commander in the
United States Navy during
World War II and a member of the Austin City Council.
Homer Thornberry was elected in 1948 to the 81st Session of the
United States Congress as Representative of the 10th Congressional District of Texas. He was a member of the
Rules Committee of the House of Representatives from January,
1955, until his resignation in
1963, when he was appointed by President
John F. Kennedy as a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas. He was then appointed and commissioned by President
Lyndon B. Johnson as a United States Circuit Judge on the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in
1965, where he participated in decisions including many
civil rights cases of the
1960s and
1970s.
Thornberry was nominated for
Abe Fortas' seat on the Supreme Court by
Lyndon B. Johnson when Johnson nominated Fortas to replace
Earl Warren as Chief Justice. However, once Fortas withdrew his nomination in October
1968, Thornberry's nomination became moot and was withdrawn by the White House without a vote.
Judge Thornberry died at his home and was buried in the
Texas State Cemetery on
December 14,
1995.
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