Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	70	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Rio Grande City / Starr	Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Starr
H	74	Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953	52nd	Democrat	Rio Grande City / Starr	Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kleberg, Starr, Willacy
H	74	Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951	51st	Democrat	Rio Grande City / Starr	Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kleberg, Starr, Willacy
H	74	Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947	49th	Democrat	Rio Grande City / Starr	Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kleberg, Starr, Willacy
H	74	Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945	48th	Democrat	Rio Grande City / Starr	Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kleberg, Starr, Willacy
H	74	Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943	47th	Democrat	Rio Grande City / Starr	Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kleberg, Starr, Willacy
H	74	Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941	46th	Democrat	Rio Grande City / Starr	Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kleberg, Starr, Willacy
H	74	Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939	45th	Democrat	Rio Grande City / Starr	Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kleberg, Starr, Willacy

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch included in Tejano Struggle for Representation, 2004.
Memorial, October 1992, p. 992. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Arnold J. Vale, birth date 2/26/1907, death date 9/9/1991. FamilySearch United States Social Security Death Index.
Relatives: Arnold J. Vale - uncle, Robert L. 'Bob' Vale - nephew. "Vale Ponders Race for Texas Senate," 2/4/1977. San Antonio Express.
"One of the early pioneers of Hispanic representation in the Texas Legislature." Tejano Struggle for Representation, 2004.

Photographs

Photograph. A.J. Vale, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.J. Vale, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.J. Vale, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.J. Vale, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.J. Vale, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.J. Vale, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Arnold J. Vale, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Arnold J. Vale, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
46th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
47th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
48th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
49th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
51st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
52nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

53rd R.S. - 1953 Criminal Jurisprudence Judicial Districts (Chair) Judiciary Liquor Regulation
52nd R.S. - 1951 Conservation and Reclamation Constitutional Amendments Judicial Districts Liquor Regulation Public Health
51st R.S. - 1949 Conservation and Reclamation Counties Liquor Regulation Public Health
49th R.S. - 1945 Congressional and Legislative Districts Judicial Districts Liquor Regulation Oil, Gas, and Mining Public Health
48th R.S. - 1943 Congressional and Legislative Districts Counties Game and Fisheries Judicial Redistricting Liquor Regulation Public Health
47th R.S. - 1941 Appropriations Game and Fisheries Liquor Traffic Public Health (Chair)
46th R.S. - 1939 Appropriations Game and Fisheries Labor Liquor Traffic Public Health Public Lands and Buildings (Vice Chair)
45th R.S. - 1937 Banks and Banking Congressional and Legislative Districts Live Stock and Stock Raising Public Health

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