Past County Judges

CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE BEXAR COUNTY COURT
(COUNTY JUDGES)

July 3, 1837
Joseph Baker
(Nominated by Sam Houston, Confirmed by Senate December 20, 1836)

William H. Daingerfield
(Elected by Congress but the President refused to commission him and
named Erasmo Seguin)

December 18, 1837 to January 9, 1840
Erasmo Seguin
(Named by the President)

January 30, 1840 to July 14, 1842
John H. Simpson
(Elected)

December 9, 1842 to January 1, 1844
John McMullen
(Elected by Texas Congress)

April 1, 1844 to July 6, 1846
David Morgan
(Elected 1/1/1844)

August 4, 1846 to February 17, 1848
Thomas Whitehead

August 29, 1848 to June 19, 1849
Ira L. Hewitt
(Elected 8/7/1848)

August 19, 1849 to July 11, 1857
John D. McLeod
(Elected 8/5/1850, 8/2/1852, 55 & 56)

August 27, 1857 to August 18, 1858
William F. Weeks
(Elected)

August 30, 1858 to July 22, 1862
John H. Duncan
(Elected 8/2/1858 & 8/6/1860)

August 18, 1862 until resignation in 1863)
Peter Gallagher
(Elected 8/4/1862)

October 15 to June 10, 1863
Samuel A. Maverick
(Elected 10/15/ 1863 & 1864)

August 12, 1865 to August 18, 1866
Augustus Siemering
(Appointed)

ON JUNE 25, 1866
BY AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE
THE OFFICE WAS CHANGED TO COUNTY JUDGE

August 19, 1866 to August 28, 1868
John Rosenheimer
(Elected 6/25/1866)

1868 to December 1869
William K. Gamble
(Appointed By J.J. Reynolds 11/5/1867)

January 3, 1870 to April 18, 1876
H. Klocker
(Appointed 12/22/1869)

April 18, 1876 to November 27, 1878
Thomas A. Dwyer
(Elected 2/15/1876)

November 28, 1878 to December 31, 1882
Felix G. Smith
(11/5/1878 & 1880)

January 1, 1883 to December 31, 1884
J. R. Mason
(Elected 11/7/1882)

January 1, 1885 to December 31, 1890
Charles L. Wurzbach
(11/4/1884, 1886, & 1888)

January 1, 1891 to December 31, 1892
Samuel W. McAllister
(11/4/1889)

January 1, 1893 to February 1897
Bryan Callaghan
(11/8/1892, 1894, 1896, Res. 1897)

February 19, 1897 to December 31, 1900
Peter Jonas
(Appointed 2/19/1897 & 1898)

January 1, 1901 to December 31,1906
Robert B. Green
(Elected 11/11/1900 & 1902)

January 1, 1907 to December 31, 1912
Phil H. Shook

January 1, 1913 to December 31, 1920
James R. Davis

January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1928
Augustus McClosky

January 1, 1929 to December 31, 1930
Perry S. Robertson

January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1932
William A. Wurzbach

January 1, 1933 to December 31, 1936
Frost Woodhull

January 1, 1937 to December 31, 1938
Egbert Schweppe

January 1, 1939 to March 1964
Charles Anderson

August 4, 1964 to November 1964
Jess W. Young
(Appointed)

November 13, 1964 to December 1966
Charles W. Grace
(Elected)

January 4, 1967 to September 20, 1977
Blair Reeves

September 20, 1977 to November 1978
A.J. Ploch
(Appointed)

January 1, 1979 to January 18, 1984
Albert Bustamante

January 18, 1984 to November 14, 1984
Leo Mendoza, Jr.
(Appointed Interim County Judge)

January 23, 1984 to November 1984
Tom Vickers
(Acting Presiding Officer)

November 14, 1984 to January 16, 1991
Tom Vickers

January 16, 1991 to December 8, 1992
John A. Longoria
(Appointed)

December 8, 1992 to May 8, 2001
Cyndi Taylor Krier
(Elected)

May 8, 2001 to Present
Nelson W. Wolff
(Appointed)

Information taken from    Elton Cude, The Wild and Free Dukedom of Bexar, The Texana/Geneology Department of the San Antonio Public Library, as edited by Monica Martinez, Special Assistant to County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson