Joseph Burton Dibrell

Full Name: Joseph Burton Dibrell, Jr.
Date of birth: December 1, 1855
Date of death: April 11, 1934

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	21	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903	26th ⁽²⁾ 27th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Seguin / Guadalupe		Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays
S	21	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 10, 1899	25th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 24th ⁽⁵⁾ 25th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Seguin / Guadalupe	Senate President Pro Tempore (25th)	Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays

(1) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(2) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(3) 25th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/12/1897, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(4) 25th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(5) 24th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 21
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 26th ⁽²⁾ 27th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Seguin / Guadalupe
Counties in district: Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays

Senate District 21
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 10, 1899
Legislatures: 25th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 24th ⁽⁵⁾ 25th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (25th)
(25th)
(25th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Seguin / Guadalupe
Counties in district: Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays

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Biographical Sketches

DIBRELL, JOSEPH BURTON (1855-1934). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Joseph Burton Dibrell, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1911-1913. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Joseph Burton Dibrell, pp. 481-483. Junior partner of the law firm of Ireland, Burges & Dibrell, at Seguin, in 1892. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, Joseph B. Dibrell, pp. 27-28. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Biographical sketch, Joseph Dibrell, pp. 77-78. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Early History of Guadalupe County," p. 430. Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, 1900.
"Neubauer: 60 Years of Loyal Service," 8/11/1982, p. 1E. Seguin Gazette-Enterprise.

Photographs

Photograph. J.B. Dibrell, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.B. Dibrell, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.B. Dibrell, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.B. Dibrell, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joseph B. Dibrell, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

24th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, north wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

27th R.S. - 1901 Apportionment Constitutional Amendments Finance (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Labor Public Debt, Claims and Accounts State Penitentiaries Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments
26th R.S. - 1899 Constitutional Amendments Finance (Chair) Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Mutilating and Marking bills, Special Committee to investigate Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries Rules Towns and City Corporations Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments
25th R.S. - 1897 Constitutional Amendments Engrossing Frontier Protection Judicial Districts (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Penitentiaries Privileges and Election Redistricting State Judiciary, Special State Affairs
24th R.S. - 1895 Civil Code, Special Claims and Accounts Constitutional Amendments Frontier Protection Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Penitentiaries Privileges and Elections Public Health (Chair) Public Printing Redistricting the State into Judicial Districts, Special State Affairs Towns and City Corporations

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