title: [Photos of Three Members of the Galveston Court of Civil Appeals] language: English description: Photo of three members of the Court of Civil Appeals - First Supreme Judicial District of Texas. (Left to Right) Associate Justice Seldon A. McMeans (1907 to 1916); Chief Justice Robert A. Pleasants (1907 to 1938); and Associate Justice, T.S. Reese (1905 to 1915). Robert A. Pleasants was an associate justice of the Court from 1899 to 1907, as well as chief justice from 1907 to 1938. With 38 or 39 years of service, he may be the longest-serving appellate judge in Texas history. subject: Government and Law - Elected Officials coverage: United States - Texas - Anderson County coverage: The Texas Frontier, 1846-1861 rights: Public type: Photograph format: 18" x 24" Framed Matted Black and White Photos format: Image identifier: local-cont-no: achc_356 identifier: http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34400/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth34400