J.C. Duvall

Jesse Caldwell Duvall

Full Name: Jesse Caldwell Duvall
Date of birth: June 15, 1898
Date of death: February 13, 1982

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 101-2 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant
H 101-2 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant
H 101-2 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant
H 101-2 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant
H 101-2 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Tarrant

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 101-2
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant
House District 101-2
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant
House District 101-2
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant
House District 101-2
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant
House District 101-2
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch and description of the J.C. Duvall papers. Death date 2/13/1982. Fort Worth Public Library.
  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/31/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Military Service Notes

  • United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, World War II. Grave marker inscription, "Judge" Jesse Caldwell Duvall, birth date 6/15/1898, death date 2/13/1982, burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth. Grave marker inscription: "1927-37 TX HOUSE OF REP, 1942-47 LT COL US ARMY NAZI WAR TRIALS GERMANY, 1957-79 TARRANT CO JUDGE." Find a Grave.
  • Military intelligence and prosecutor in Nazi War Crimes Trials, World War II. Fort Worth Public Library.

Other Resources

  • Jesse Caldwell Duvall, death date 2/13/1982, Hood County death records. Granbury Depot.

Photographs

  • Photograph. J.C. Duvall, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.C. Duvall, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.C. Duvall, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.C. Duvall, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.C. Duvall, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

44th R.S. - 1935
Judiciary  
Public Health  
Revenue and Taxation  
State Affairs (Chair) 
43rd R.S. - 1933
Commerce and Manufactures  
Judiciary  
Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
Public Health  
Revenue and Taxation (Chair) 
42nd R.S. - 1931
Game and Fisheries  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Chair) 
Public Health  
Revenue and Taxation  
41st R.S. - 1929
Congressional Districts  
Education  
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) 
Public Health  
Revenue and Taxation  
40th R.S. - 1927
Bills, Consider Certain  
Education  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Health  
School Districts  
State Song  

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