Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Samuel Jackson Isaacks

Full Name: Samuel Jackson "Sam" Isaacks
Birth date: February 18, 1869
Death date: October 29, 1956

Terms of Service

House, 53rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/13/1953 - 1/28/1954
Democrat
House, 52nd Legislature
1/9/1951 - 1/13/1953
Democrat
House, 51st Legislature
1/11/1949 - 1/9/1951
Democrat
House, 50th Legislature
1/14/1947 - 1/11/1949
Democrat
House, 49th Legislature
1/9/1945 - 1/14/1947
Democrat
House, 48th Legislature
1/12/1943 - 1/9/1945
Democrat
House, 47th Legislature
1/14/1941 - 1/12/1943
Democrat
House, 46th Legislature
1/10/1939 - 1/14/1941
Democrat
House, 28th Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat

(1) Miss Maude Isaacks, in special election 3/6/1954, sworn 3/15/1954, succeeded Samuel J. Isaacks, resigned 1/28/1954. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

54th Legislature, R.S., HSR 261, extending congratulations of members of 54th Legislature to members who have ten years of service in the House. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
53rd Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 33, tribute, resignation 1/29/1954. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
54th Legislature, R.S., SR 60, paying tribute. Until date of his resignation, Judge Isaacks held distinction of being the oldest Member of the House. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
51st Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 34. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
51st Legislature, R.S., HSR 72. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
52nd Legislature, R.S., HSR 82. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
53rd Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 39. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
53rd Legislature, R.S., HSR 107. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
54th Legislature, R.S., HSR 106, invitation to address the House. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
54th Legislature, R.S., HSR 118. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
55th Legislature, R.S., SR 137. Resolutions - Memorial .
55th Legislature, R.S., HSR 166. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Samuel J. Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Sam J. Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.J. Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.J. Issacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.J. Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.J. Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.J. Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Samuel J. Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.J. Isaacs, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Memorial, December 1956, p. 799. *Texas Bar Journal .
Photo and biographical sketch (Maud Isaacks). With Anita Blair, one of the first two women to serve in the Texas House from the same district at the same time. First woman to succeed a father (Samuel Jackson Isaacks) in the legislature, in 1954. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
Obituary and photo, "Death Takes S.J. Isaacks, E.P. Pioneer," 10/29/1956, pp. 1, 25. El Paso Herald Post .
Obituary and photo, "Judge Isaacks, Veteran Solon, Dies," 10/30/1956, pp. 1, 9. El Paso Times .
Samuel Jackson Isaacks, birth date 2/18/1869 in Salado, Bell County; death date 10/29/1956 in El Paso, El Paso County; retired lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Samuel Jackson Isaacks (1869-1956), burial in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso. Includes family photo, reprint of obituary in El Paso Times, 10/30/1956. Find a Grave .
ISAACKS, MAUD (ca. 1885-1980). Relatives: Samuel Jackson Isaacks - father, Maud Isaacks - daughter. Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade .
Biographical note, p. 222. The Legal Heritage of El Paso 1963.