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)