Walter E. Jones

Walter E. Jones

Full Name: Walter E. Jones
Date of birth: July 7, 1876
Date of death: February 3, 1941

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 76 Jan 14, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 45th (1)   Democrat Jourdanton / Atascosa   Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen
H 76 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Jourdanton / Atascosa   Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen
H 76 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (2)   Democrat Jourdanton / Atascosa   Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen
H 76 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Jourdanton / Atascosa   Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen
H 76 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Jourdanton / Atascosa   Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen
H 76 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Jourdanton / Atascosa   Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen

(1) Not present at organization of the House on 1/12/1937. Oath of office administered on 1/14/1937, p. 55. House Journal.
(2) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/3/1929, p. 14. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Other Resources

  • Walter E. Jones (1876-1941), burial in Jourdantown City Cemetery, Jourdanton, Atascosa County. Find a Grave.
  • Biographical information and quotations - Representative Walter E. Jones - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 14, 17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

45th R.S. - 1937
Interstate Cooperation (Chair) 
Judiciary  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Lands and Buildings  
Revenue and Taxation  
44th R.S. - 1935
Banks and Banking  
Judiciary  
Oil Industry and 'Hot Oil Situation,' Special  
Public Lands and Buildings  
Revenue and Taxation (Chair) 
43rd R.S. - 1933
Counties  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Judiciary  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
Public Lands and Buildings  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Counties (Chair) 
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Judicial Districts  
Labor  
Live Stock and Stock Raising  
41st R.S. - 1929
Counties  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Judicial Districts  
Labor  
Live Stock and Stock Raising  
39th R.S. - 1925
Constitutional Amendments  
Game and Fisheries  
Judicial Districts  
Labor  
School Districts  
Voting Irregularities, Investigate  

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