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{{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Ezequiel David Salinas, Sr.
|office=Judge of the 111th State District Court in [[Laredo]], [[Texas]]
|term_start=1951
|term_end=1974
|office2=President of the League of United Latin American Citizens
|term_start2=1939
|term_end2=1940
|preceded2=Filemon T. Martinez
|succeeded2=Antonio M. Fernandez
| birth_date=March 20, 1908
| birth_place=Laredo, Webb County]
| death_date=March 13, 2007 (aged 98)
| death_place =
| occupation=[[Attorney]]<br>
United States Foreign Service official in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]] during [[World War II]]
| spouse=(1) Elvira Salinas (died 1982)<br>
(2) Angelina Casso de Salinas
|children=Elvira Luisa Salinas (deceased)<br>
E. D. Salinas, II (deceased)<br>
Edward R. Salinas
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|alma_mater=Martin High School (Laredo, Texas)<br>
[[University of Texas]] School of Law<br>
National Autonomous University of Mexico}}
'''Ezequiel David Salinas, Sr.''' (March 20, 1908 – March 13, 2007), was a [[Mexico|Mexican]]-[[United States|American]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state court [[judge]] from his home city of [[Laredo]] in Webb County in south [[Texas]], known for his advocacy of [[civil rights]] for the [[Hispanic]] community. In the late 1940s, Salinas was defeated in a race for the Texas House of Representatives but was elected to the 111th District Court in 1950. He served in that position until 1974.
Salinas was born to Ezequiel Salinas (1883–1976) and the former Luisa Gonzalez (1888–1972) of Laredo. He attended public schools and graduated from the former Laredo High School, thereafter Martin High School before he headed for the [[University of Texas]] to study law. He was then awarded an E. D. Farmer International Scholarship in international law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in [[Mexico City]].
He wrote numerous articles on civil rights during the early years of his law practice. In 1939, Salinas became the eleventh president, and the first Laredoan, of the national [[interest group]], the League of United Latin American Citizens. In 1955, another prominent Laredoan, [[Oscar M. Laurel]], assumed the LULAC presidency for a single one-year term. During the 1940s and 1950s, Salinas worked to establish LULAC chapters in parts of Texas where none had previously existed. He was instrumental in persuading contemporaries in [[Austin]] to rid Texas of the poll tax, which was finally ended nationally through the 24th Amendment to the [[United States Constitution]] coupled with the ''Harper v. Virginia'' decision in 1966 of the [[United States Supreme Court]].
From 1935 to 1942, Salinas was an assistant district attorney in Webb County. He was also the attorney for the Laredo Housing Authority. In the latter capacity, Salinas worked to establish the first affordable housing complex in Laredo located at the intersection of Park Street and Interstate 35.
[[Odie Arambula]], then with ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' refers to a 1937 newspaper article in the then ''Laredo Times'' which described Salinas as "one of the brightest young men in Laredo fitted for the great future that appears in store for him."
At the outbreak of [[World War II]], Salinas joined the U.S. Foreign Service and was a special assistant to the [[ambassador]] in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]].
Salinas' former 111th court shared concurrent jurisdiction with the original 49th District Court. Salinas was assigned mostly civil cases and doubled as the judge of the juvenile court.
Salinas challenged Webb County government during a dispute in the 1960s in which he charged that the county commissioners were not adhering to state law in certain operations, as recommended by the county auditor, who was an appointee of the district court. He and the judge of the 49th District Court embroiled in a dispute with the county judge and commissioners in proceedings that news accounts called the "Battle of the Judges." In one instance, Odie Arambula recalled that Judge Salinas summoned more than fifty business and civic leaders to hear testimony in a court of inquiry into operations of the Webb County road and bridge department. Salinas also presided over an investigation into management of a juvenile detention facility which was operated as part of the county jail.
Salinas was preceded in death by his first wife, Elvira Salinas (1909–1982); a daughter, Elvira Luisa Salinas, and a son, Dr. E. D. Salinas, Jr. (1938–1992). Survivors included his second wife, Angelina Casso de Salinas (born ca. 1913); his son and daughter-in-law, Edward R. and Cira R Salinas, and granddaughter, Cira E. Salinas. Other surviving grandchildren are Dr. Ezequiel D. Salinas, III, Christina Salinas Castillon, and Dr. Adriana Salinas Gonzalez.
References==
http://www.lmtonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18081905&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=569392&rfi=6 {{Dead link|date=May 2009}}
[[Odie Arambula]], ''Laredo Morning Times'' reports
http://web.archive.org/web/20070930014635/http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Salinas_Ezequiel_27008357.aspx
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salinas, Ezequiel}}
[[Category:Texas]]
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[[Category:Politicians]]
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[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category: Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
| name=Ezequiel David Salinas, Sr.
|office=Judge of the 111th State District Court in [[Laredo]], [[Texas]]
|term_start=1951
|term_end=1974
|office2=President of the League of United Latin American Citizens
|term_start2=1939
|term_end2=1940
|preceded2=Filemon T. Martinez
|succeeded2=Antonio M. Fernandez
| birth_date=March 20, 1908
| birth_place=Laredo, Webb County]
| death_date=March 13, 2007 (aged 98)
| death_place =
| occupation=[[Attorney]]<br>
United States Foreign Service official in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]] during [[World War II]]
| spouse=(1) Elvira Salinas (died 1982)<br>
(2) Angelina Casso de Salinas
|children=Elvira Luisa Salinas (deceased)<br>
E. D. Salinas, II (deceased)<br>
Edward R. Salinas
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|alma_mater=Martin High School (Laredo, Texas)<br>
[[University of Texas]] School of Law<br>
National Autonomous University of Mexico}}
'''Ezequiel David Salinas, Sr.''' (March 20, 1908 – March 13, 2007), was a [[Mexico|Mexican]]-[[United States|American]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state court [[judge]] from his home city of [[Laredo]] in Webb County in south [[Texas]], known for his advocacy of [[civil rights]] for the [[Hispanic]] community. In the late 1940s, Salinas was defeated in a race for the Texas House of Representatives but was elected to the 111th District Court in 1950. He served in that position until 1974.
Salinas was born to Ezequiel Salinas (1883–1976) and the former Luisa Gonzalez (1888–1972) of Laredo. He attended public schools and graduated from the former Laredo High School, thereafter Martin High School before he headed for the [[University of Texas]] to study law. He was then awarded an E. D. Farmer International Scholarship in international law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in [[Mexico City]].
He wrote numerous articles on civil rights during the early years of his law practice. In 1939, Salinas became the eleventh president, and the first Laredoan, of the national [[interest group]], the League of United Latin American Citizens. In 1955, another prominent Laredoan, [[Oscar M. Laurel]], assumed the LULAC presidency for a single one-year term. During the 1940s and 1950s, Salinas worked to establish LULAC chapters in parts of Texas where none had previously existed. He was instrumental in persuading contemporaries in [[Austin]] to rid Texas of the poll tax, which was finally ended nationally through the 24th Amendment to the [[United States Constitution]] coupled with the ''Harper v. Virginia'' decision in 1966 of the [[United States Supreme Court]].
From 1935 to 1942, Salinas was an assistant district attorney in Webb County. He was also the attorney for the Laredo Housing Authority. In the latter capacity, Salinas worked to establish the first affordable housing complex in Laredo located at the intersection of Park Street and Interstate 35.
[[Odie Arambula]], then with ''The Laredo Morning Times,'' refers to a 1937 newspaper article in the then ''Laredo Times'' which described Salinas as "one of the brightest young men in Laredo fitted for the great future that appears in store for him."
At the outbreak of [[World War II]], Salinas joined the U.S. Foreign Service and was a special assistant to the [[ambassador]] in [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]].
Salinas' former 111th court shared concurrent jurisdiction with the original 49th District Court. Salinas was assigned mostly civil cases and doubled as the judge of the juvenile court.
Salinas challenged Webb County government during a dispute in the 1960s in which he charged that the county commissioners were not adhering to state law in certain operations, as recommended by the county auditor, who was an appointee of the district court. He and the judge of the 49th District Court embroiled in a dispute with the county judge and commissioners in proceedings that news accounts called the "Battle of the Judges." In one instance, Odie Arambula recalled that Judge Salinas summoned more than fifty business and civic leaders to hear testimony in a court of inquiry into operations of the Webb County road and bridge department. Salinas also presided over an investigation into management of a juvenile detention facility which was operated as part of the county jail.
Salinas was preceded in death by his first wife, Elvira Salinas (1909–1982); a daughter, Elvira Luisa Salinas, and a son, Dr. E. D. Salinas, Jr. (1938–1992). Survivors included his second wife, Angelina Casso de Salinas (born ca. 1913); his son and daughter-in-law, Edward R. and Cira R Salinas, and granddaughter, Cira E. Salinas. Other surviving grandchildren are Dr. Ezequiel D. Salinas, III, Christina Salinas Castillon, and Dr. Adriana Salinas Gonzalez.
References==
http://www.lmtonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18081905&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=569392&rfi=6 {{Dead link|date=May 2009}}
[[Odie Arambula]], ''Laredo Morning Times'' reports
http://web.archive.org/web/20070930014635/http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Salinas_Ezequiel_27008357.aspx
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salinas, Ezequiel}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category: Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]