Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	78-4	Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935	43rd (1)	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bexar
H	78-4	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bexar
H	78-4	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931	41st	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bexar
H	78-4	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929	40th	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bexar
H	78-4	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927	39th	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bexar

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/20/1929, p. 4. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Military Service Notes

• United States Army, World War I. Harold Kayton, residence in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; born in Savannah, Georgia. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
• Harold Kayton, birth date 5/25/1891 in Savannah, Georgia, home address in San Antonio, draft registration 6/5/1917 in San Antonio, Bexar County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

Other Resources

• Harold Kayton, death date 7/11/1981 in Bexar County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998.
• Harold Kayton, birth date 5/25/1891, death date 7/11/1981, burial in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County. Find a Grave.
• Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express.

Photographs

• Photograph. Harold Kayton, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Harold Kayton, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Harold Kayton, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Harold Kayton, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Harold Kayton, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 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.
• 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 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.

Committee Information top

43rd R.S. - 1933 Appropriations (Vice Chair)  Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair)  Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Reductions in State Appropriations, Special (Chair)  Revenue and Taxation

42nd R.S. - 1931 Appropriations   Highways and Motor Traffic   Military Affairs (Chair)  Revenue and Taxation

41st R.S. - 1929 Appropriations   Highways and Motor Traffic   Military Affairs (Chair)  Municipal and Private Corporations   Revenue and Taxation

40th R.S. - 1927 Federal Relations   Game and Fisheries   Military Affairs   Municipal and Private Corporations (Vice Chair)  Revenue and Taxation

39th R.S. - 1925 Commerce and Manufacturing (Vice Chair)  Labor   Municipal and Private Corporations   State Affairs