Virgil Alva Fielden

Full Name: Virgil Alva Fielden
Date of birth: December 29, 1907
Date of death: February 26, 1999

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	35	Jan 10, 1939 - Aug 3, 1939	46th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Daingerfield / Morris		Morris, Titus
H	35	Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939	45th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Daingerfield / Morris		Morris, Titus

(1) Douglas Wright, in special election 8/23/1939, succeeded Virgil A. Fielden, resigned 8/3/1939. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Resignation of Rep. Virgil A. Fielden of Mount Pleasant to accept employment as a claims examiner with the Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission, starting "today." "Legislator Quits in Titus County," The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 8/6/1939, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Residence in Morris County in the Census of 1920 and 1930. See also sample ballot and election returns from July 1936 linked from the Portal to Texas History above. FamilySearch.
(4) Mount Pleasant, Titus County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 35
Jan 10, 1939 - Aug 3, 1939
Legislatures: 46th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Daingerfield / Morris
Counties in district: Morris, Titus

House District 35
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 45th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Daingerfield / Morris
Counties in district: Morris, Titus

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Other Resources

Virgil Alva Fielden, birth date 12/12/1907 in Texas; death date 2/25/1999 in Liberty, Liberty County, Texas; residence in Morris County, in Census of 1920 and 1930, and in 1935. PW Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
Census of 1920 - Virgil Fulden, Precinct 2, Morris County, age 12, born circa 1908 in Texas, stepson of J.E. and Clyde Cook.
Census of 1930 - Virgil A. Fielden, Precinct 2, Morris County, age 22, born circa 1908 in Texas, laborer, general farm, stepson of J.E. Cook.
Census of 1940 - Virgio A. Fielden, Precinct 1, Harris County, age 33, interviewer - unemployment, wife Estelle, daughter Barbara J., and son Virgio A., Jr. Residence on April 1, 1935 - Morris County.
[No Virgil or V.A. Fielden found in Titus County in 1930-1940.]
Census of 1950 - Virgil A. Fielden, Emhouse, Navarro County, age 42, born circa 1908 in Texas, preacher, wife Estelle, daughters Barbara J. and Edith Ann, son Virgil A., Jr. FamilySearch. 1920 1930 1940 1950
Virgil Alva Fielden, birth date 12/29/1907 in Daingerfield, Morris County, Texas; father John Fielden, mother Clyde Hattie Finley. FamilySearch Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981.
Virgil Alvah Fielden, birth date 12/29/1907 in Daingerfield, Texas (Morris County); address in Mount Pleasant, Titus County; wife Mrs. Estelle Fielden; employer Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission, Houston; draft registration 10/16/1940 in Houston. FamilySearch Texas World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947.
Virgil Fielden, birth date 12/29/1907, death date 2/26/1999, burial in Daingerfield Cemetery, Daingerfield, Morris County, with spouse Estelle Fielden. Find a Grave.
Death notice, "Rev. Virgil A. Fielden, 91, of Liberty, formerly of Daingerfield [Morris County]," 2/28/1999, p. 19. Longview News-Journal.
Candidate announcement for Representative of Morris and Titus Counties, "Virgil A. Fielden Annunces [sic] Again For Representative," Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, 2/25/1936, p. 3, crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library. "During the past four years I have been teaching school in Morris and Titus Counties, and at the present time I am employed in the Green Hill School system of Titus County, as a teacher and coach." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Listed as Virgil A. Fielden, Morris County, on sample ballot for Representative, 35th District, Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, 7/10/1936, p. 2, crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library. Virgil A. Fielden, home in Morris County. "Complete Returns Titus County Primary, With Results All Races," Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, 7/26/1936, p. 1, crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library. "In a four-cornered race for Representative, Douglas Wright led Virgil A. Fielden by 57 votes in Titus County, but reports from Morris County, the home of all four candidates, were that Wright had a large majority in that county over all of his opponents." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 7/10/1936 7/26/1936

Photographs

Photograph. Virgil A. Fielden, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Virgil A. Fielden, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
46th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

46th R.S. - 1939 Claims and Accounts (Chair) Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Public Printing Revenue and Taxation
45th R.S. - 1937 Constitutional Amendments Counties Department of Education Expenditures of Rural Aid Appropriations, Special Game and Fisheries Oil, Gas and Mining

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