Thomas R. Joseph, Jr.

Thomas Roger Joseph

Full Name: Thomas Roger "Tom" Joseph, Jr.
Date of birth: August 5, 1926
Date of death: October 30, 2010

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 53-1 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1)   Democrat Waco / McLennan   McLennan
H 53-1 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th   Democrat Waco / McLennan   McLennan
H 53-1 Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd   Democrat Waco / McLennan   McLennan
H 97-1 Nov 13, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953 52nd (2) (3)   Democrat Waco / McLennan   McLennan

(1) Builder, developer, lawyer. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
(2) Thomas R. Joseph, Jr., in special election 11/13/1951, succeeded Hiram Staton, resigned 9/5/1951. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Succeeded predecessor on 11/13/1951. Texas Legislative Manual.

Terms of Service top

House District 53-1
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waco / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan
House District 53-1
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waco / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan
House District 53-1
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
Legislatures: 53rd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waco / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan
House District 97-1
Nov 13, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953
Legislatures: 52nd (2) (3)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waco / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan

(1) Builder, developer, lawyer. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
(2) Thomas R. Joseph, Jr., in special election 11/13/1951, succeeded Hiram Staton, resigned 9/5/1951. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Succeeded predecessor on 11/13/1951. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

  • United States Navy, World War II, "served two years on a destroyer in the Pacific front." Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

55th R.S. - 1957
Banks and Banking (Chair) 
Counties  
Insurance  
Insurance Company of Texas (ICT), Investigation, Special (Vice Chair) 
Revenue and Taxation  
54th R.S. - 1955
Banks and Banking (Vice Chair) 
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Revenue and Taxation  
State Affairs  
53rd R.S. - 1953
Banks and Banking (Vice Chair) 
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
Game and Fisheries  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Revenue and Taxation  
Seeing Eye Dogs (Chair) 

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