Ramírez, Horácio S.,

Judge Horácio Ramírez was born Horácio Sabas Ramírez in Hebbronville, Texas in 1922. He attended the Colégio Altamirano in Hebbronville and the prestigious Ateneo Fuente school in Saltillo, Mexico, and completed secundaria (high school) in Monterrey from 1937-1940. He returned to the U.S. in 1940 and attended St. Mary's University briefly before he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942. He received his undergraduate degree from St. Mary's University, married in 1949, and returned to Hebbronville to farm and raise cattle. He worked for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the Texas Dept. of Agriculture, and then with the Texas Department of Public Welfare for 16 years. He was appointed as county and district clerk in the late 1960s and later as county auditor for Duval County. He was president of the board of the county's water control and improvement district and served as a delegate for the Democratic Party in numerous elections. He first ran for election as county judge in Duval County, and then in 1968, he ran for state representative but lost both elections. He successfully ran for County Judge in Duval County in 1986 and was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the VFW, and the American Legion. He died in 2005.

From the description of Oral history interview with Horácio S. Ramírez, 2002 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 432116591