J.T. Canales

José Tomás Canales

Full Name: José Tomás Canales
Date of birth: March 7, 1877
Date of death: March 30, 1976

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 77 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th   Democrat Brownsville / Cameron   Cameron, Willacy
H 77 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th   Democrat Brownsville / Cameron   Cameron, Willacy
H 95 Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911 31st (1)   Democrat Brownsville / Cameron   Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata
H 95 Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 30th   Democrat Brownsville / Cameron   Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata
H 95 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat Brownsville / Cameron   Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata

(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.

Terms of Service top

House District 77
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Brownsville / Cameron
Counties in district: Cameron, Willacy
House District 77
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Brownsville / Cameron
Counties in district: Cameron, Willacy
House District 95
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Brownsville / Cameron
Counties in district: Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata
House District 95
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Brownsville / Cameron
Counties in district: Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata
House District 95
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Brownsville / Cameron
Counties in district: Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata

(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.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Mentioned in MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS article. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Mentioned in TEJANO POLITICS. Listed among the Tejanos who served in the Texas House and Senate. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Book in LRL collection, 323.1168 M366I 2018. The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas, 2018.
  • Photo, mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature, 2018.
  • Book in LRL collection, 363.209764 H557R 2021. Section II, J.T. Canales, Resistance, and Resilience, includes Chapter 6. The World of Education among Ethnic Mexicans in J.T. Canales’s South Texas (Philis M. Barragán Goetz and Carlos K. Blanton); Chapter 8. José Tomás Canales and the Paradox of Power (Richard Ribb); and Chapter 9, J.T. Canales's Contributions in Law, Civil Rights, and Education, 1920–1976 (Cynthia E. Orozco). Reverberations of Racial Violence: Critical Reflections on the History of the Border, 2021.
  • Discussed in "The Secret History of Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas," October 2018, book review of The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas by Monica Muñoz Martinez. Texas Monthly.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

36th R.S. - 1919
Conservation and Reclamation (Vice Chair) 
Judiciary  
Military Affairs  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
35th R.S. - 1917
Congressional Districts  
Internal Improvements  
Irrigation (Chair) 
Judicial Districts  
Military Affairs  
Reforms in Civil Procedure  
31st 1st C.S. - 1909
Banks and Banking  
Counties  
Insurance  
Internal Improvements  
Irrigation  
Judiciary  
Liquor Traffic (Chair) 
Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure  
Rules  
31st R.S. - 1909
Counties  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Internal Improvements  
Irrigation  
Judiciary  
Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure (Chair) 
30th R.S. - 1907
Banks and Banking  
Counties  
Irrigation  
Private Corporations  
Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) 
Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure  
Stock and Stock Raising  
29th R.S. - 1905
Constitutional Amendments  
Counties  
Irrigation  
Military Affairs  
Pan American College of Commerce  
Private Corporations  

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