Thomas Mitchell Campbell [SEP] position held
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
Thomas Mitchell Campbell (April 22, 1856April 1, 1923) was the 24th Governor of Texas, serving two terms from 1907 to 1911. He was an attorney and businessman, working as a manager for the International-Great Northern Railroad before entering politics from Palestine, Texas. 
Life.
Campbell was born in Rusk in Cherokee County in East Texas, the son of Thomas Duncan and Rachel (Moore) Campbell. He attended school at Rusk and entered Trinity University in 1873 to study law.
attorney of Reeves County, Texas, on 3 February 1909 by Governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell. He was the first to take the position, which gave responsibility over the newly-created seventieth judicial district; S. J. Isaacks, a Midland attorney, was named its judge.
In 1911, Brady was the district attorney for the prosecution of León Martínez Jr., a case that has since been termed a "legal lynching". After a 26-year-old woman, Emma Brown, was found murdered, Martínez was arrested, largely