Hughes, Sarah Augusta Tilghman
1896 - 1985

Dorothy Barta, Squire Haskins
Dorothy Barta, Squire Haskins

Details
Alias: Sarah Augusta Tilghman
Born: 8/2/1896 in Balitmore, Maryland
Died: 4/23/1985
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts
Practice Area:
Civil Rights
Juvenile Law
Regions and States of Practice:
TX, South
Legal Education:
American University Washington College of Law, 1922
The George Washington University Law School
Other Education:
B.A. in Biology, Goucher College (1917)
Positions During Her Career:
Joined the firm of Priest, Herndon, and Ledbetter (1923-1931)
Representative in the Texas House (1931-1935)
Judge of the Fourteenth District Court in Dallas (1935-1960)
Appointed to the federal bench in Texas (1961-1985)
Firsts:
Woman to swear in an American president (Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963)
Female district judge in Texas (1935)
Female federal district judge in Texas (1961)
Accomplishments:
George Washington Alumni Achievement Award
Zonta Service Award
East Texas Chamber of Commerce Award
Further Research Materials

References:
A Century of Achievement: The Centennial of the National Association of Women Lawyers
Selma Moidel Smith: A Century of Achievement: The Centennial of the National Association of Women Lawyers, 85 Women Lawyers Journal 2 (Summer 1999) *Originally printed as two articles: "...The First 50 Years," 9 Experience 1 (Fall 1998), and "...The Second 50 Years," 9 Experience 2 (Winter 1999)
Sarah T. Hughes Oral History Interview I
Joe B. Frantz, Sarah T. Hughes Oral History Interview I (October 7, 1968), available at: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/HUGHES-S/hughes-s.pdf)
Laura Miller Derry, Digest of Women Lawyers and Judges. Lousville, Kentucky: Dunne Press (1949)

Links:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
http://wlh-static.law.stanford.edu//papers/SarahHughes1.ppt

Student Papers:
Grace Under Pressure: Judge Sarah T. Hughes and the Cases that Shook Texas
Czelusta, Kaycie, 2002