Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	126	Jan 11, 1921 - Apr 28, 1922	37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Longview / Gregg	Gregg, Harrison
H	126	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Longview / Gregg	Gregg, Harrison
H	126	Feb 26, 1918 - Jan 14, 1919	35th ⁽⁷⁾	Democrat	Longview / Gregg	Gregg, Harrison
H	16	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾	Democrat	Longview / Gregg	Gregg, Smith

(1) District 104 comprised of Cottle, Motley, Childress, and Hall counties; District 126 comprised of Harrison and Gregg counties, pp. 43-44, Acts 1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 10, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) District 126 represented by Felix J. McCord, p. 5. House Journal.
(3) District 104 represented by Felix J. McCord, p. 247. Texas Legislative Manual.
(4) District 104 comprised of Cottle, Motley, Childress, and Hall counties; District 126 comprised of Harrison and Gregg counties, pp. 43-44, Acts 1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 10, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(5) District 126 represented by Felix J. McCord, p. 5. House Journal.
(6) District 104 represented by Felix J. McCord, p. 145. Texas Legislative Manual.
(7) Felix J. McCord, in special election 2/15/1918, sworn 2/26/1918, succeeded Myron G. Blalock, resigned effective 9/11/1917. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(8) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(9) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

38th Legislature, R.S., 1/10/1923, p. 210. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and portrait, Felix Johnson McCord, Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1910-1911. Born 2/28/1848. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004.

Other Resources

Felix J. McCord, birth date 2/27/1848 in Tisachimingo County, Mississippi, death date 4/28/1922 in Longview, Gregg County, burial in Longview, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Felix J. McCord, birth date 2/28/1848, death date 4/28/1922, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Longview, Gregg County. Find a Grave.
Listed in State Democratic Convention, State Executive Committee, 1873, Committee on Platforms and Resolutions, 1896, Presidential Electors, 1912, pp. 163, 384, 557. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas, 1916.
Death notice, "Judge McCord Dies at Longview Home," The Austin American, 4/30/1922, p. 1. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
"Tribute Paid Judge M'Cord: Marshall Hicks Says Deceased Was One of Finest of Texans," 5/2/1922, p. 9. McCord "had a long connection and an important one with Democratic politics of Texas." San Antonio Express.

Photographs

Photograph. F.J. McCord, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.J. McCord, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Felix J. McCord, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F. McCord, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. F.J. McCord, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

37th R.S. - 1921 Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) Judiciary
36th R.S. - 1919 Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) Federal Relations (Chair) Judiciary
35th R.S. - 1917 Criminal Jurisprudence Internal Improvements Juvenile Reforms Public Debt
17th R.S. - 1881 Claims and Accounts County and County Boundaries Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 Private Land Claims Senatorial and Representative Districts

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