Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	121	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Sweetwater / Nolan		Fisher, Mitchell, Nolan
H	121	Feb 26, 1918 - Jan 14, 1919	35th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Sweetwater / Nolan		Fisher, Mitchell, Nolan

(1) District 121 comprised of Mitchell, Nolan, and Fisher counties; District 122 comprised of Briscoe, Floyd, Crosby, Garza, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Andrews, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, Lubbock, Hookley, and Cochran counties, p. 44, Acts 1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 10, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) District 121 represented by John J. Ford, p. 5. House Journal.
(3) District 122 represented by John J. Ford, p. 144. Texas Legislative Manual.
(4) John J. Ford, in special election 9/24/1917, sworn 2/26/1918, succeeded Edwin R. Spencer, who did not attend 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 36th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual.

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Other Resources

Obituary, "Former Legislator of Nolan is Dead," 5/18/1945, p. 6. Died Thursday, 5/17/1945, in Houston. Abilene Reporter-News.
John J. Ford, Sr. headstone photo, burial in Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater. Born 2/18/1874, died 5/16/1945 in Austin State Hospital, Austin, Travis County. Unable to confirm in FamilySearch Record Search, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. John J. Ford, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jno. J. Ford, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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.

Committee Information top

36th R.S. - 1919 Contingent Expenses Judiciary Labor Military Affairs Revenue and Taxation
35th R.S. - 1917 Education Liquor Traffic Reforms in Civil Procedure

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