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Thomas McNeal Full Name: Thomas McNeal Date of birth: November 22, 1849 Date of death: February 14, 1913 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 86 Jan 14, 1913 - Feb 14, 1913 33rd (1)   Democrat Lockhart / Caldwell   Caldwell H 60 Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913 32nd   Democrat Lockhart / Caldwell   Caldwell (1) Frank L. Tiller, sworn 3/17/1913, succeeded Thomas McNeal, died 2/14/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 33rd Legislature, R.S., 2/24/1913, p. 666. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches "Second Legislator Died Today from Spinal Meningitis" and "Will Try to Pass Katy Bill over Governor's Veto," 2/14/1913, p. 1. Reports on deaths of Thomas McNeal and Lee Killingsworth "of Longview" of meningitis. Denton Record-Chronicle. "Legislative Halls Almost Forsaken . . . Death of Representative Hunt Shocking," 3/23/1913, p. 8; Obituary, "J.C. Hunt Dies in Austin: Representative from Randall County Had Been Ill Since Feb. 15 - His Is Fourth Death This Session," 3/23/1913, p. 10. Cause of death: cerebro-spinal meningitis; other members who died "succumbing to the same disease" were Representatives Neal [sic: McNeal], Killingsworth, and Kelly [sic: Kelley]. Galveston Daily News. Obituary, Thomas McNeal. "Hon. Thos. M'Neal Dies; A Victim of Meningitis (Second Representative to Die within 24 hours)", 2/15/1913, p. 4. Mentions death of Lee Killingsworth "of Longview" of meningitis. Galveston Daily News. Memorial services and tributes for Thomas McNeal, J.C. Hunt, Lee Killingsworth, and D.C. Kelley, including biographical sketches - 33rd Legislature, Sunday, 3/23/1913, pp. 1469-1485. D.C. Kelley born in 1856, p. 1475. House Journal. Report describing memorial services on the deaths of Representatives McNeal, Killingsworth, Kelley, and Hunt, 3/24/1913, p. 2. San Antonio Light. Other Resources Thomas McNeal, birth date 11/22/1850, death date 2/14/1913, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Thomas McNeal, birth date 11/22/1849, death date 2/14/1913, burial in Lock hart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, Caldwell County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. Thomas McNeal, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Thos. McNeal, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 33rd R.S. - 1913 Anti-Tuberculosis Commission, Investigate   Claims and Accounts   Confederate Home   Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair)  Investigating   Judiciary   Reforms in Civil Procedure   Reforms in Criminal Procedure   32nd R.S. - 1911 Appropriations Subcommittee on the State Penitentiaries and State Farms   Civil and Criminal Procedure   Claims and Accounts   Criminal Jurisprudence

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