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Ezekiel B. Turner

Texas Western District Court

Born 1825 in Putney, VT

Died 1888 in Austin, TX

FJC ID: 2423

Ezekiel B. Turner (May 24, 1825 – June 2, 1888) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. St. Joseph County, Michigan
    Prosecutor · 1850–present
  2. Brownsville, Texas
    Prosecutor · 1863–present
  3. Texas District Court
    Judge · 1871–present
    • ↳Thirty-Second Judicial District · 1871–1876
    • ↳Sixteenth Judicial District · 1876–present
  4. State of Texas
    Attorney general · 1867–1870
  5. U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas
    1866–1867
  6. Private practice, Austin, Texas
    1854–1861
  7. St. Joseph County, Michigan
    Justice of the peace

Appointments

  1. Texas Western District Court
    1880–1888 · Appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Read law
    1848