Public Service in Later Years
President Johnson later appointed Daniel to head the Office of Emergency Preparedness. In 1971, Governor Preston Smith named Daniel to fill a vacancy on the 9-member Texas Supreme Court; he was re-elected twice in 1972 and 1978, before he retired during his second term. The Price Daniel Sr. State Office Building is named in his honor.
After retiring from the Texas Supreme Court, he served as pro-bono legal council for the Alabama-Coushatta Indians.
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