Thomas Henry Ball and Frank Andrews formed a law firm in Houston in 1902 . Melvin Kurth joined in 1913 . Andrews Kurth was important to Texas railroad firms early in the twentieth century . It represented Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Federal National Mortgage Corporation , New Deal agencies . In the early twenty-first century , Andrews Kurth had offices in London and Beijing , and employed more than 400 lawyers . He held many posts in the Democratic Party of Texas , and unsuccessfully sought the 1914 nomination to be Governor of Texas on a prohibition platform , despite endorsements from President Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan . His Houston law practice represented chiefly railroads and corporations , and he promoted Texas port facilities both in Congress and after . He was general counsel for the Port Commission of Houston . He was a delegate at the 1892 Democratic National Convention , and in 1924 , and 1928
1892 Democratic National Convention
1892 Democratic National Convention
Thomas Henry Ball