Wallace B. Jefferson
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Wallace Bernard Jefferson is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 2004 until October 1, 2013. In October 2013, he joined the law firm Alexander Dubose
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Alberto Gonzales
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Alberto Reynaldo Gonzales is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States attorney general from 2005 to 2007. He was the highest-ranking Hispanic American in the executive government in Ame
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…Jefferson to become the first African American member of the Texas Supreme Court. Jefferson was appointed on March 14, 2001, to fill the vacancy left by Alberto R. Gonzales, who resigned to become White House counsel to U.S. President George W. Bush. In November 2002, Jefferson stood for election to retain the position to…
Official portrait, 2005
U.S. President George W. Bush announces his nomination of Gonzales to succeed Ashcroft as the next Attorney General during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room Wednesday, November 10, 2004.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor presents Gonzales to the audience after swearing him in as Attorney General, as Mrs. Gonzales looks on.
Gonzales and his wife Rebecca, with George W. Bush and Laura Bush, at the Prairie Chapel Ranch on August 26, 2007, the day that Gonzales's resignation was accepted