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Joseph Charles Whitfield Full Name: Joseph Charles "Whit" Whitfield, Jr. Date of birth: December 16, 1921 Date of death: July 12, 1997 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 22-8 Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 59th   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris H 22-8 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 58th (1)   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris H 22-8 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris H 22-8 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris (1) Sworn 11/23/1962. Oaths of Office.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Biographical Sketches Obituary, J. Charles "Charlie" Whitfield, Jr., 7/13/1997, p. 40, "State Representative from Harris County, Texas for eight years." Houston Chronicle. Mentioned in biographical sketch of Barbara Jordan, p. 181. Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington, 2004. Memorial, April 1998, p. 405. Joseph Charles Whitfield. Texas Bar Journal. Military Service Notes United States Navy, Lieutenant, World War II and Korean War. Military grave marker, Joseph C. Whitfield, Jr., birth date 12/16/1921, death date 7/12/1997, burial in Houston National Cemetery. Find a Grave. Other Resources Joseph Charles Whitfield, Jr., death date 7/12/1997 in Harris County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998. Photographs Photograph. J. Charles Whitfield, Jr., 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.C. (Whit) Whitfield, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J. Charles Whitfield, Jr., 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J. Charles Whitfield, Jr., 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J. Charles "Whit" Whitfield, Jr., 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 59th R.S. - 1965 Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Houston Legal Aid Foundation   Houston Ship Channel   Insurance (Vice Chair)  Public Lands and Buildings   58th R.S. - 1963 Highways and Roads   Military and Veterans' Affairs   Penitentiaries   Public Printing   57th R.S. - 1961 Appropriations   Commerce and Manufactures (Chair)  Divorce Laws   Insurance (Vice Chair)  Insurance Investigating (State Board of Insurance, Rate Increase), Special   Judicial Districts   Judiciary   56th R.S. - 1959 Banks and Banking   Claims and Accounts   Insurance   Local Water Districts   Oil, Gas, and Mining   State Hospitals and Special Schools

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