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Ernest Calvin Cox Full Name: Ernest Calvin Cox Date of birth: April 15, 1896 Date of death: May 17, 1957 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 60 Jan 8, 1929 - Aug 26, 1929 41st (1) (2)   Democrat Corsicana / Navarro   Hill, Navarro H 58 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Corsicana / Navarro   Navarro H 58 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Corsicana / Navarro   Navarro (1) Resignation filed with Secretary of State 8/26/1929. "Representative Ernest C. Cox Resigns Place," 8/27/1929, p. 1; "Ernest Cox Named State Commander American Legion" and "Cox Resigned From Legislature Recently, 8/30/1929, p. 7. Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light. (2) Sam H. Allred, in special election 10/22/1929, sworn 1/20/1930, succeeded Ernest C. Cox, resigned after 3rd C.S. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Military Service Notes State Commander, American Legion. "Ernest Cox Named State Commander American Legion," 8/30/1929, p. 7. Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light. United States Army, Private 1st Class, Company A, 159th Infantry, World War I; Central MG OT School Camp. Ernest Calvin Cox, birth date 4/15/1896 in Ozro, Texas; residence in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin). Arkansas, Major QM-RES, World War I. Military grave marker, Ernest Calvin Cox, birth date 4/15/1896, death date 5/17/1957, burial in Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County. Find a Grave. Other Resources Death notice, 5/20/1957, p. 12. Ernest Cox, "former member of the House of Representatives from Navarro and Hill County," funeral in Cleburne. Austin Statesman. Ernest Calvin Cox, birth date 4/15/1896, death date 5/17/1957 in Houston, Harris County, life insurance, Royal Life Ins. Co. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. 41st Legislature (1929) - Ernest C. Cox, postoffice Corsicana, nativity Texas, age 32, Asst. State Adj. American Legion, member of former legislatures: 39th-40th. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. Ernest C. Cox, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Ernest C. Cox, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Ernest C. Cox, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 41st R.S. - 1929 Appropriations   Contingent Expenses   Municipal and Private Corporations   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions   40th R.S. - 1927 Appropriations   Claims and Accounts   Military Affairs (Vice Chair)  Municipal and Private Corporations   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions   39th R.S. - 1925 Engrossed Bills   Military Affairs   Oil, Gas and Mining   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions

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