Paul Pressler (Texas)
| Herman Paul Pressler, III | |
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| Texas State Representative for Harris County | |
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In office January 8, 1957 – January 13, 1959 |
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| Preceded by | James Watson Yancy, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Roger Daily |
| Judge of the 133rd Judicial District in Harris County | |
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In office 1970–1978 |
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| Judge of the 14th Texas Court of Appeals | |
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In office 1978–1992 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 4, 1930 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Avery Pressler (married 1959) |
| Children |
Jean Pressler Visy |
| Residence |
Houston, Texas |
| Alma mater | National College of State Trial Judges |
| Occupation |
Lawyer; retired judge |
Jean Pressler Visy
Anne Pressler Csorba
Houston, Texas
Princeton University
University of Texas School of Law
Lawyer; retired judge
Herman Paul Pressler, III (born June 4, 1930), is a retired justice of the Texas 14th Circuit Court of Appeals in his native Houston, Texas. Pressler was a key figure in the Conservative Resurgence of the Southern Baptist Convention, which he initiated in 1979.
Pressler is descended from a line of lawyers. His maternal great-grandfather was Judge C. C. Garrett, the first Chief Justice of the Texas 1st Court of Civil Appeals. The Garrett-Townes auditorium at the South Texas College of Law in Houston is named of his two great-grandfathers.
Pressler's father, Herman Paul Pressler, II (1902-1995), a native of Austin, Texas, relocated to Houston in 1925. He was a University of Texas School of Law graduate who also did graduate work at Harvard University. He was a vice-president and director of Exxon until 1967. He was a trustee of Texas Children's Hospital, the Houston chapter of the American Red Cross, and a trustee of the Baylor College of Medicine. He was a recipient of the Leon Jaworski Award for Houston community service.
Pressler's mother, the former Elsie Townes (1905-2008), was the daughter of Edgar E. Townes, who practiced law in Beaumont at the time of Spindletop but moved his family to Houston in 1917, where he became counsel to and a founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company. Elsie and Herman Pressler married in 1928. In 1949, Herman and Elsie Pressler were among the founding members of the large River Oaks Baptist Church in Houston. She was active in such civic causes as the Houston Municipal Arts Committee, the Harris County Heritage Society, the River Oaks Garden Club, and the National Society of Colonial Dames. Pressler's younger brother is Townes Garrett Pressler, Sr. Herman and Elsie Pressler are interred at Forest Park Cemetery in Houston.
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