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TABLE OF CONTENTSCourt of Criminal Appeals campaign files, 1926 |
Guide to the F. L. Hawkins Papers, 1926-1944
Historical BackgroundFrank Lee Hawkins was born on November 18, 1866 in Waxahachie, Texas. He obtained his LL.B. from The University of Texas School of Law in 1889, having previously attended Marvin College and Southwestern University. Hawkins’s early career saw him rise quickly through the Ellis County court system. He served as assistant county attorney in 1894, and was elected as county attorney in 1896. Hawkins’s tenure as Ellis County judge began in 1902, a position he held until his election as Judge of the Fortieth District Court in 1906, where he remained until 1921. Texas Governor Pat Neff appointed Hawkins to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1921. Hawkins went on to win the succeeding general election and re-elections to hold this post for thirty years. From 1939 to his 1951 retirement, Hawkins served as the court’s presiding judge. Return to the Table of Contents Contents of the CollectionThis collection contains correspondence, mailing lists, printed materials, and newspaper clippings related to Frank Lee Hawkins’s legal career and re-election campaigns for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The collection is arranged in four series. The first series is Court of Criminal Appeals campaign files, 1926. It contains correspondence, mailing lists, campaign materials, and election returns for Hawkins’s 1926 campaign for election as judge to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The second series is Court of Criminal Appeals campaign files, 1944. This series contains correspondence and campaign materials related to Hawkins’s 1944 re-election campaign for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The third series is Newspaper clippings. This small series consists of assorted newspaper clippings of news coverage, endorsements, and results of Hawkins’s and his opponents’ campaigns for election to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The fourth and final series is the Mulkey estate. In 1927, Hawkins served as co-executor of his sister’s estate. This series contains related correspondence between himself, his brother, his brother-in-law Fletcher Mulkey, and their legal counsel. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsNone. Use RestrictionsThe collection and any reproductions of the collection are made available for the purposes of private study, scholarship, and research only. Tarlton Law Library does not hold the copyright to the materials, unless it has been transferred to the library by the creator. It is the researcher's responsibility to determine the copyright status and to obtain permission from the copyright holder before publishing any materials from the collection. Some collections may contain sensitive or confidential information protected under federal and state privacy laws. The researchers are encouraged to report any such information to staff. The University of Texas at Austin is not responsible for violations of intellectual property rights and any other laws or for liability to any person for defamation or invasion of privacy that result from unauthorized use of the collection by the researcher. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationF. L. Hawkins Papers, Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin. Acquisition InformationInformation of acquisition method not available. Processing InformationRevised by Katy Telling, 2018. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Collection
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