Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Jefferson Davis Cox

Full Name: Jefferson Davis Cox, Sr.
Birth date: June 20, 1861
Death date: February 28, 1924

Terms of Service

House, 32nd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/10/1911 - 9/5/1911
Democrat
House, 31st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/12/1909 - 1/10/1911
Democrat
House, 30th Legislature
1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.
(2) Jeff D. Cox resigned 9/5/1911. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. J.D. Cox, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jeff D. Cox, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jeff. D. Cox, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

"Jefferson Davis Cox Funeral is Arranged," 3/1/1924, p. 12. "Jefferson Davis Cox, 62 years old, former member of the Texas Legislature." Dallas Morning News .
Jeff Davis Cox, birth date 6/20/1861 in Paola, Indiana; death date 2/28/1924 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; manager, circulation department, printer, Times Herald. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Jeff Davis Cox, birth date 6/20/1861, death date 2/28/1924, burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dallas, with spouse Fannie Belle Cox. Find a Grave .
Obituary, Jeff Davis Cox, 2/29/1924, p. 1. Born October 1862 in Indiana, death date 2/28/1924, Flotorial Representative from Rockwall and Dallas counties, marriage to Belle Amick in Rockwall, 1887. Longview News-Journal .
Obituary, Jefferson Davis Cox, 3/7/1924, p. 3. Born 1862, death date 2/28/1924, "one time member of the State Legislature." Marshall Messenger .
30th Legislature (1907) - J.D. Cox, postoffice Rockwall, nativity Indiana, age 44 (born circa 1863), newspaperman, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .