Bert Ford

Full Name: James Birtie "Bert" Ford
Date of birth: October 5, 1892
Date of death: December 13, 1975

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	97-2	Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937	44th	Democrat	McGregor / McLennan	McLennan
H	97-2	Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935	43rd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	McGregor / McLennan	McLennan
H	97-2	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd	Democrat	McGregor / McLennan	McLennan

(1) Attorney. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

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House District 97-2
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: McGregor / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan

House District 97-2
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: McGregor / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan

House District 97-2
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: McGregor / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan

(1) Attorney. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

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Biographical Sketches

Memorial, April 1976, p. 353. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Camp Taylor, Kentucky, World War I. James B. Ford, birth date 10/5/1892 in Batesville, Texas [sic]; residence in Coryell County. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Field Artillery. James Birtie Ford, birth date 10/5/1892; residence in McGregor, McLennan County, Texas. FamilySearch United States Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
James Birtie Ford, birth date 10/5/1892 in Batesville, Arkansas; student; draft registration 5/30/1917 in Coryell County, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

Other Resources

Obituary, Bert Ford, 12/15/1975, p. 59. Born 10/5/1892 in Batesville, Arkansas; "served in the Army during World War I . . . former member of the Texas Legislature, and was the former Administrator of the Texas Liquor Control Board having been appointed in 1937 by Governor James Allred." Austin American-Statesman.
James Bert Ford, birth date 10/5/1892 in Batesville, Arkansas; death date 12/13/1975 in Austin, Travis County, Texas; attorney; served in U.S. Army, World War I. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Bert Ford (1892-1975), burial in Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, with spouse Hattie Ford. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. J.B. Ford, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.B. Ford, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.B. Ford, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

44th R.S. - 1935 Banks and Banking Conservation and Reclamation Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections State Affairs State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions Survey of Public Safety Commission
43rd R.S. - 1933 Appropriations Constitutional Amendments Public Lands and Buildings State Affairs
42nd R.S. - 1931 Appropriations Constitutional Amendments Insurance Penitentiaries Public Lands and Buildings

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