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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 451
2	2	WHEREAS, The observance of Texas Women Judges' Day at the
3	3	State Capitol on April 24, 2023, provides a welcome
4	4	opportunity to recognize women judges for their invaluable
5	5	work to advance the administration of justice and the rule of
6	6	law in our state; and
7	7	WHEREAS, Women judges in Texas have a storied history
8	8	dating back to 1925, when Hortense Sparks Ward, the first woman
9	9	to pass the Texas bar exam, along with Hattie Leah Henenberg and
10	10	Ruth Virginia Brazzil formed the first all-women high court in
11	11	the United States; the three women were appointed by Governor Pat
12	12	Neff to serve as special justices on a Texas Supreme Court case
13	13	from which all of the existing judges on the court had recused
14	14	themselves; and
15	15	WHEREAS, In 1935, Sarah Tilghman Hughes became the first
16	16	woman to hold a permanent position on a Texas bench; she went on
17	17	to make history again in 1961 as the first woman appointed to a
18	18	federal district judgeship in Texas, and she remains the only
19	19	woman ever to administer the oath of office to an American
20	20	president, having sworn in Lyndon Baines Johnson aboard Air Force
21	21	One on November 22, 1963; and
22	22	WHEREAS, Among other notable trailblazers who have
23	23	contributed to the diversity of the Texas judiciary are Harriet
24	24	Mitchell Murphy, the first African American woman appointed to a
25	25	regular judgeship in Texas, Elma Salinas Ender, the first Latina
26	26	state district judge in Texas, and Wendy Duong, the first
27	27	Vietnamese American woman to serve as a judge in the state; in
28	28	2005, the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals in San Antonio
29	29	became the first appellate court in the U.S. composed entirely of
30	30	women, and in 2021, the court again had the distinction of being
31	31	the only all-women and now majority-Latina appellate court in the
32	32	country; and
33	33	WHEREAS, Today, the Texas Supreme Court includes three
34	34	female justices, Jane Bland, Rebecca Aizpuru Huddle, and Debra
35	35	Lehrmann, while the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals includes four
36	36	women, Presiding Judge Sharon Keller and Judges Barbara Hervey,
37	37	Mary Lou Keel, and Michelle Slaughter; women currently represent
38	38	34 percent of judges in all courts throughout Texas, as well as 43
39	39	percent of all state and district judges; and
40	40	WHEREAS, Women judges have brought inspiring dedication,
41	41	wisdom, and integrity to the bench, helping to make our judicial
42	42	system fairer and more just for all Texans, and it is indeed
43	43	fitting that a special day be set aside to honor their
44	44	immeasurable contributions; now, therefore, be it
45	45	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
46	46	Legislature, hereby recognize April 24, 2023, as Texas Women
47	47	Judges' Day at the State Capitol and commend the women judges
48	48	of the State of Texas for their service and commitment to equal
49	49	justice under the law.
50	50	Zaffirini
51	51	Alvarado Hinojosa Menéndez Alvarado Hinojosa Menéndez
52	52	Alvarado Hinojosa Menéndez
53	53	Birdwell Huffman Middleton Birdwell Huffman Middleton
54	54	Birdwell Huffman Middleton
55	55	Campbell Hughes Parker Campbell Hughes Parker
56	56	Campbell Hughes Parker
57	57	Creighton Johnson Paxton Creighton Johnson Paxton
58	58	Creighton Johnson Paxton
59	59	Eckhardt Kolkhorst West Eckhardt Kolkhorst West
60	60	Eckhardt Kolkhorst West
61	61	Gutierrez LaMantia Whitmire Gutierrez LaMantia Whitmire
62	62	Gutierrez LaMantia Whitmire
63	63	Patrick, President of the Senate
64	64	________________________________
65	65	President of the Senate
66	66	I hereby certify that the
67	67	above Resolution was adopted by
68	68	the Senate on April 24, 2023.
69	69	________________________________
70	70	Secretary of the Senate
71	71	________________________________
72	72	Member, Texas Senate
73	73
74	74	Alvarado Hinojosa Menéndez
75	75
76	76	Birdwell Huffman Middleton
77	77
78	78	Campbell Hughes Parker
79	79
80	80	Creighton Johnson Paxton
81	81
82	82	Eckhardt Kolkhorst West
83	83
84	84	Gutierrez LaMantia Whitmire