From 1830 to 1832, he served as a county judge.

We're not going to have one county judge pick the next president.

By 21, he was a county judge, and a state senator at 25.

His second term as county judge began on January 1, 2011.

They did not want to let the women vote, so a county judge was asked to decide.

At the time he was the youngest county judge in Texas.

In Texas, such appointments are made by the county judge.

The following year, he was named a county judge and remained one until 1858.

Cooper won the election, however, beginning the first of his eight years as county judge.

In Texas a county judge is not a judicial official but the county's top executive.