Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	40	Jan 9, 1917 - Sep 29, 1917	35th (1) (2)	Democrat	Greenville / Hunt		Hunt, Rockwall
H	39	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917	34th	Democrat	Greenville / Hunt		Hunt
H	33	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913	32nd	Democrat	Greenville / Hunt		Hunt

(1) "Special Elections Are Ordered for Four Additional Districts," 1/24/1918, p. 3 - districts of Stanley Beard, Harry V. Fisher, F.M. Fitzpatrick, and Joseph V. [sic] Nichols. "Today's proclamations follow the opinion of the attorney general holding that a member forfeits his seat in the legislature when he enters the army or navy." Notes Nichols sent letter to governor refusing to resign, "contending that he did not have to." Galveston Daily News.
(2) Benjamin F. Vaughan, in special election 2/23/1918, sworn 2/26/1918, succeeded Joseph F. Nichols, resigned after 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Memorial, February 1962, p. 174. Joseph Francis Nichols. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

• United States Army, Captain, World War I. Joseph Francis Nichols, residence in Greenville, birth date 4/2/1868 in Bastrop. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
• Captain, Company C, 3rd Regiment, Texas Infantry, Spanish-American War. Military grave marker, Joseph F. Nichols, birth date 4/2/1968, death date 9/24/1961, burial in East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt County. Listed on Texas A&M Spanish-American War Memorial. Find a Grave. Military grave marker Spanish-American War Memorial
• Nichols, Joseph Francis, United States Volunteers, Spanish-American War, Call Number 401-244. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.
• Nichols, Joseph Francis. Texas Volunteer Guard, Call Number 401-207. Birth date 4/2/1868, birthplace Bastrop, home address Greenville. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.
• Major, Spanish-American War; World War I. "When the Spanish-American War broke out, Major Nichols entered the service as a captain, was battalion commander and commander of Fort Bliss. Although he had already served his time in one war, was a family man and had supposedly reached the age of retirement from the armed services, when World War I started, he again volunteered, went through Air Corps Officers Candidate School and graduated at the top of a class of 400." Memorial, February 1962, p. 174. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

• Joseph F. Nichols, birth date 4/2/1868 in Bastrop, death date 9/24/1961 in Greenville, Hunt County, retired accountant. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

• Photograph. Joseph Nichols, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Jos. F. Nichols, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.F. Nickols, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

35th R.S. - 1917 Commerce and Manufactures   Military Affairs   Municipal Corporations   Reforms in Criminal Procedure   Revenue and Taxation   Supreme Judicial Districts

34th R.S. - 1915 Commerce and Manufactures   Municipal Corporations   Private Corporations   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Reforms in Civil Procedure

32nd R.S. - 1911 Appropriations   Appropriations Subcommittee on the Attorney General's Department   Appropriations Subcommittee on the Confederate Home (Chair)  Appropriations Subcommittee on the Orphans Home at Corsicana   Appropriations Subcommittee on the Reformatory at Gatesville   Common Carriers   Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Liquor Traffic (Chair)  Military Affairs   Municipal Corporations   Penitentiaries   Prohibition Amendment Election held July 22, 1911, Investigate   State Asylums