Vernon McDaniel

Vernon Vaughn McDaniel

Full Name: Vernon Vaughn McDaniel
Date of birth: November 8, 1915
Date of death: July 6, 1982

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 111-2 Jan 9, 1951 - Jun 13, 1951 52nd (1)   Democrat Wichita Falls / Wichita   Wichita
H 111-2 Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951 51st   Democrat Wichita Falls / Wichita   Wichita
H 111-2 Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949 50th   Democrat Wichita Falls / Wichita   Wichita

(1) J.B. Walling, in special election 11/13/1951, succeeded Vernon McDaniel, resigned 6/13/1951. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Terms of Service top

House District 111-2
Jan 9, 1951 - Jun 13, 1951
Legislatures: 52nd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita
House District 111-2
Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951
Legislatures: 51st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita
House District 111-2
Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949
Legislatures: 50th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Wichita Falls / Wichita
Counties in district: Wichita

(1) J.B. Walling, in special election 11/13/1951, succeeded Vernon McDaniel, resigned 6/13/1951. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

  • Obituary and photo, "Vernon McDaniel Dies," 6/7/1982, p. 1. "McDaniel was a native of Altus, Okla., and represented Wichita County in the legislature from 1947 to 1951, when he resigned to become chief deputy commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture." Wichita Falls Times Record News.

Military Service Notes

  • United States Marine Corps, 1st Lieutenant, World War II. Military grave marker, Vernon V. McDaniel, birth date 11/8/1915, death date 7/6/1982, burial in Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery, Burkburnett, Wichita County. Find a Grave.

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Photographs

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Committee Information top

52nd R.S. - 1951
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Judiciary  
Labor (Chair) 
Military and Veteran's Affairs  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
51st R.S. - 1949
Appropriations  
Insurance  
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Public Health  
Public Lands and Buildings (Chair) 
50th R.S. - 1947
Banks and Banking  
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
School Districts  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
State Penitentiaries and the Farm System, Investigation, Special  

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