Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	11	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 10, 1965	58th ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Sulphur Springs / Hopkins	Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Titus, Wichita
H	11	Elected but never sworn	59th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Sulphur Springs / Hopkins	Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Titus
H	11	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th	Democrat	Sulphur Springs / Hopkins	Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
H	11	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Sulphur Springs / Hopkins	Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
H	11	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th	Democrat	Sulphur Springs / Hopkins	Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
H	11	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Sulphur Springs / Hopkins	Delta, Franklin, Hopkins
H	11	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Sulphur Springs / Hopkins	Delta, Franklin, Hopkins

(1) 59th Legislature - Chapman elected, but never sworn. Appointed Judge of the Eighth Judicial District by Governor John Connally, 1/11/1965, Press Memorandum, Office of the Governor. Legislative Clipping Service.
(2) Neal Solomon, in special election 2/13/1965, sworn 2/22/1965, succeeded Joe N. Chapman, resigned 1/10/1965. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) 59th Legislature, Cumulative Supplement - elected to 59th Legislature, but did not qualify by taking the Oath of Office. Texas Legislative Manual.
(4) Sworn 11/26/1962. Oaths of Office.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 140. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
62nd Legislature, 2nd C.S., HCR 12. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, May 1972, p. 475. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Navy, Commander, World War II. Military grave marker, Joseph Norwin Chapman (1908-1972), burial in Tira Cemetery, Tira, Hopkins County. Find a Grave.
United States Navy, Lieutenant Commander. " . . . Judge Chapman was an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission in Washington from 1940 to 1941. During those years, he served for four and a half years in Naval Intelligence on the East Coast, being separated from the service as a lieutenant commander." Memorial, May 1972, p. 475. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Joseph N. Chapman, birth date 5/18/1908, death date 3/9/1972 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, district judge/lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.

Photographs

Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
54th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

58th R.S. - 1963 Claims and Accounts Common Carriers Insurance Judiciary (Chair) Public Lands and Buildings
57th R.S. - 1961 Banks and Banking Counties (Chair) Insurance Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair) Judiciary (Vice Chair) State-Owned Lands and/or Islands
56th R.S. - 1959 Banks and Banking Insurance Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair) Judiciary (Chair) Representation Before the Legislature (Vice Chair)
55th R.S. - 1957 Banks and Banking (Vice Chair) Criminal Jurisprudence General Investigating Insurance Judiciary (Vice Chair) Motor Traffic
54th R.S. - 1955 Banks and Banking Common Carriers Criminal Jurisprudence Judiciary Livestock and Stock Raising (Chair)
53rd R.S. - 1953 Banks and Banking Claims and Accounts Criminal Jurisprudence Judicial Districts Livestock and Stock Raising

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