Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	18	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd (1) (2)   41st (3)   42nd (1) (2)	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria	Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd)	Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wilson
H	69	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929	40th	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria		Calhoun, Goliad, Victoria
H	69	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927	39th (4) (5) (6)	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria		Calhoun, Goliad, Victoria
H	74	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th	Democrat	Victoria / Victoria		Calhoun, Goliad, Victoria

(1) 42nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 2nd C.S., elected 10/3/1931. Senate Journal.
(2) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(4) Acts of 1921, 37th Legislature, 2nd C.S., ch. 6 - District 69 comprised of Victoria, Goliad, and Calhoun counties; District 74 comprised of Kleberg, Willacy, Kenedy, Jim Hogg, Brooks, and Starr counties. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(5) District 69, J.W. Stevenson. House Journal.
(6) District 74, James W. Stevenson. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Other Resources

• James Wm. Stevenson, birth date 8/24/1870, death date 2/16/1946, burial in Catholic Cemetery #1, Victoria County. Includes portraits, death certificate, obituary from The Victoria Advocate, 2/17/1946, pp. 1-2. Find a Grave.
• J.W. Stevenson, Democrat, farmer, born in Pennsylvania, age 58 in 1929. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
• Obituary, "J.W. Stevenson Dies Saturday; Was Formerly State Senator," 2/17/1946, pp. 1-2. James William Stevenson, born in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, 8/24/1870. Victoria Advocate.

Photographs

• Photograph. J.W. Stevenson, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.W. Stevenson, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.W. Stevenson, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.W. Stevenson, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.W. Stevenson, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
• 42nd session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
• 37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

42nd R.S. - 1931 Constitutional Amendments   Insurance (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Judge L.J. Brucks, Investigate   Labor   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Public Debt   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic   State Penitentiaries   Stock and Stock Raising

41st R.S. - 1929 Constitutional Amendments   Internal Improvements   Labor   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage (Chair)  Prison Centralization Commission   Public Debts   State Highways and Motor Traffic   State Penitentiaries   Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair)

40th R.S. - 1927 Insurance   Live Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)  Oil, Gas and Mining   Revenue and Taxation   Tax Survey Committee

39th R.S. - 1925 Appropriations   Live Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)  Penitentiaries   Penitentiary Investigating Committee   Revenue and Taxation

37th R.S. - 1921 Agriculture   Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts   Labor   Public Lands and Buildings   Revenue and Taxation