Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr.

Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. (October 19, 1879 – January 18, 1973) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He served as Mayor of Houston from 1917 to 1918. Early life Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. was born on October 19, 1879, in Houston, Texas, to Mildred Lightfoot (née Carrington) and Joseph Chappell Hutcheson. He studied at the public and private schools of Houston and at Bethel Military Academy. Hutcheson studied at the University of Virginia, but transferred and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1900 from the University of Texas School of Law. Career Law practice and Mayor of Houston Hutcheson started a law practice with his father. He had a private practice in Houston from 1900 to 1918. He was chief legal adviser to Houston from 1913 to 1917. He was Mayor of Houston from 1917 to 1918.