Joseph Clark Hunt

Full Name: Joseph Clark Hunt
Date of birth: August 25, 1857
Date of death: March 22, 1913

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	123	Jan 14, 1913 - Mar 22, 1913	33rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Canyon / Randall	Armstrong, Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Randall, Smith, Swisher
H	106	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913	32nd ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Canyon City / Randall	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler
H	106	Aug 5, 1910 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾	Democrat	Canyon City / Randall	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

(1) L.C. Penry, sworn 7/21/1913, succeeded J.C. Hunt, died 3/22/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Mentioned in "Candidates for Speakership," 10/11/1912. Wichita Daily Times.
(3) Canyon City, TX was renamed Canyon, TX in 1911. Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) "Forecast of 32d Legislature: List of Democratic Nominees for Senate and House of Representatives: Elected for the Vacancies: Fifteen New Members of the Thirty-first are Chosen, Three of Them Senators," 8/6/1910, p. 11. Galveston Daily News.
(5) 31st Legislature, 2nd C.S. - Oath of Office Administered to Hon. J. C. Hunt, 8/5/1910, p. 80. Indicates district number 101; however, Hunt's predecessor J. Richard Bowman was in district 106 in House Journal and Texas Legislative Manual, 31st Legislature. House Journal.
(6) Notice of J.C. Hunt's intentions to run for Representative from the 106th District against Joseph E. Farrows. "Judge Hunt ran for this office two years ago against J. R. Bowman, but was defeated by a considerable majority," 2/17/1910, p. 12. Lubbock Avalanche.
(7) J.C. Hunt, sworn 8/5/1910, succeeded J. Richard Bowman, resigned 12/1/1909. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(8) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 32nd-33rd Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 123
Jan 14, 1913 - Mar 22, 1913
Legislatures: 33rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Canyon / Randall
Counties in district: Armstrong, Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Randall, Smith, Swisher

House District 106
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 32nd ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Canyon City / Randall
Counties in district: Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

House District 106
Aug 5, 1910 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Canyon City / Randall
Counties in district: Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

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Resolutions and Journal entries

33rd Legislature, R.S., 3/26/1913, p. 1623. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Joseph Clark Hunt, birth 8/25/1857, death 3/22/1913, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Lamar County. Includes biographical sketch/excerpt from The History of the Schools in West Paris 1884-1984, by Debbie Burks, 1984, p. 21: " . . . Mr. Hunt continued his political life when he moved to West Texas. He was elected to the state legislature there. He died while in Austin, Texas, for a legislative session." The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, Betsy Mills & Ron Brothers, On-Line Edition (Paris, TX: ReBroMa Press), 2008.
Memorial services and tributes for Thomas McNeal, J.C. Hunt, Lee Killingsworth, and D.C. Kelley, including biographical sketches - 33rd Legislature, Sunday, 3/23/1913, pp. 1469-1485. D.C. Kelley born in 1856, p. 1475. House Journal.
"Judge Hunt Dead: Meningitis Victim," 3/24/1913, p. 4. Victoria Advocate.

Other Resources

"Legislative Halls Almost Forsaken . . . Death of Representative Hunt Shocking," 3/23/1913, p. 8; Obituary, "J.C. Hunt Dies in Austin: Representative from Randall County Had Been Ill Since Feb. 15 - His Is Fourth Death This Session," 3/23/1913, p. 10. Other members who died "succumbing to the same disease" [meningitis] were Representatives Neal [sic: McNeal], Killingsworth, and Kelly [sic: Kelley]. Galveston Daily News.
Report describing memorial services on the deaths of Representatives McNeal, Killingsworth, Kelley, and Hunt, 3/24/1913, p. 2. San Antonio Light.

Photographs

Photograph. J.C. Hunt, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.C. Hunt, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.V. Hunt, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

33rd R.S. - 1913 Congressional Districts Judiciary Public Lands and Land Office Reforms in Criminal Procedure Revenue and Taxation Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair) State Asylums
32nd R.S. - 1911 Appropriations Subcommittee on the Medical Department of the State University Constitutional Amendments Judiciary Prohibition Amendment Election held July 22, 1911, Investigate Revenue and Taxation State Asylums Supreme Judicial Districts (Chair)
31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Commerce and Manufactures Common Carriers Judicial Districts Public Lands and Land Office (Chair)

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