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Thomas Mason Hicks Full Name: Thomas Mason "Tom" Hicks Date of birth: August 30, 1885 Date of death: January 26, 1974 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 53 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Grand Saline / Van Zandt   Van Zandt (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 Other Resources Census of 1930 - Tom M. Hicks, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, age 45, born circa 1885 in Louisiana, music teacher, boarder in the home of Homer McPhail. FamilySearch. Thomas Mason Hicks, birth date 8/30/1885, home address Gilmer, Upshur County, music teacher. Father William W. Hicks of Minden, Louisiana. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Thomas Mason Hicks, birth date 8/30/1885 in Webster Parish, Louisiana, residence in Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, self-employed, draft registration 4/27/1942 in Van Zandt County, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Thomas Mason "Tommy" Hicks, birth date 8/30/1885 in Shongaloo, Webster Parish, Louisiana; death date January 1974 in Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas; burial in Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County. No grave marker. Find a Grave. Obituary, "Funeral Rites for Tom Hicks in Grand Saline," 1/31/1974, p. 1. Thomas Hicks, "former state legislator and Grand Saline resident . . . native of Shangaloo, La." Died in Shreveport, La., interment in Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Texas. Grand Saline Sun. Obituary, Thomas M. Hicks, Shreveport Times, 1/27/1974, p. 14. Death date Saturday 1/26/1974 in Shreveport, funeral services in Grand Saline, native of Webster Parish, "music teacher and former Texas state legislator." Newspapers.com. "Three Blind Lawmakers in Texas Legislature," Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, 6/23/1933, p. 3, crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 43rd Legislature (1933) - Tom M. Hicks, postoffice Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, nativity Louisiana, age 47, musician. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. Tom Hicks, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 43rd R.S. - 1933 Agriculture   Conservation and Reclamation   Education   Highways and Motor Traffic

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