Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	53-1	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th	Democrat	Waco / McLennan	McLennan
H	53-1	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Waco / McLennan	McLennan
H	53-1	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Waco / McLennan	McLennan
H	97-1	Nov 13, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953	52nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Waco / McLennan	McLennan

(1) Thomas R. Joseph, Jr., in special election 11/13/1951, succeeded Hiram Staton, resigned 9/5/1951. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Succeeded predecessor on 11/13/1951. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, March 2011, p. 259. Texas Bar Journal.
Joseph, Jr., Thomas Roger. Texas State Cemetery.

Military Service Notes

United States Navy, World War II, "served two years on a destroyer in the Pacific front." Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Photograph. Thomas R. Joseph, Jr., 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Thomas R. Joseph, Jr., 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Thomas R. Joseph, Jr., 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.
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.

Committee Information top

55th R.S. - 1957 Banks and Banking (Chair) Counties Insurance Insurance Company of Texas (ICT), Investigation, Special (Vice Chair) Revenue and Taxation
54th R.S. - 1955 Banks and Banking (Vice Chair) Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Livestock and Stock Raising Revenue and Taxation State Affairs
53rd R.S. - 1953 Banks and Banking (Vice Chair) Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Game and Fisheries Livestock and Stock Raising Revenue and Taxation Seeing Eye Dogs (Chair)

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