<page_title> List of former United States district courts </page_title> <section_title> Texas </section_title> <table> <cell> John Charles Watrous </cell> <cell> James K. Polk </cell> <cell> May 29, 1846 </cell> <cell> reassigned to Eastern District of Texas </cell> </table>
On May 1846, Watrous was nominated by President James K. Polk to the United States District Court for the District of Texas.