James Christopher Hall

Full Name: James Christopher Hall, Sr.
Date of birth: September 21, 1877
Date of death: July 24, 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	117	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929	40th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Colorado City / Mitchell		Fisher, Mitchell, Nolan
H	117	Sep 13, 1926 - Jan 11, 1927	39th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Colorado City / Mitchell		Fisher, Mitchell, Nolan

(1) LORAINE, TEXAS. "Loraine is on U.S. Highway 20/80, Farm Road 644, and the Missouri Pacific line, ten miles east of Colorado City and fifty-eight miles west of Abilene in northeastern Mitchell County." Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Colorado. House Journal.
(3) Colorado. Texas Legislative Manual. Texas Legislative Manual
(4) District No. 117 - J.E. Hall of Colorado, Texas. Date of special election, 1/2/1926. "Hall of Mitchell," 39th 1st C.S., 9/13/1926, pp. 1-2. House Journal.
(5) J.C. Hall, in special election 1/2/1926, sworn 9/13/1926, succeeded Richard M. Chitwood, resigned 8/20/1925. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) Assumed Democrat based on listing as a Democrat in the 40th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Obituary, J.C. Hall, Sr., "Judge Hall, 79, Former Mitchell Judge, Dies," 7/25/1957, p. 27. "He served in the State Legislature as a representative of the 117th District from 1925 to 1929." Abilene Reporter-News.
Memorial, April 1958, p. 272. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Census of 1920 - James C. Hall, Colorado City, Mitchell County, age 42, born circa 1878 in Texas, county judge.
Census of 1930 - James C. Hall, Loraine, Mitchell County, age 52, born circa 1878 in Texas, bank president. FamilySearch. 1920 1930
James Christopher Hall, Sr., birth date 9/21/1877, death date 7/24/1957 in Dallas, Dallas County, Vice-President, First State Bank. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
J.C. Hall (1877-1957), burial in Loraine Cemetery, Loraine, Mitchell County. Includes reprint of obituary from Abilene Reporter News, 7/25/1957. Find a Grave.
40th Legislature (1927) - J.C. Hall, postoffice Colorado, nativity Texas, age 49, occupation: investments, member former legislatures: Special Session 39th. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. J.C. Hall, 40th 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.

Committee Information top

40th R.S. - 1927 Appropriations Contingent Expenses Education Liquor Traffic State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions
39th R.S. - 1925 Appropriations Education Insurance Penitentiaries

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