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John E. Davis Full Name: Johnathan Edward Davis Date of birth: March 18, 1875 Date of death: November 2, 1958 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 50-3 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas H 50-3 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas H 50-3 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas H 44 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas H 44-3 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas H 44 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas H 44 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th (4)   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas H 44 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas H 37 Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913 32nd   Democrat Mesquite / Dallas   Dallas (1) Dallas, Dallas County. "District No. 44. Barry Miller, J.W. Parks, John E. Davis and Chas. O. Laney, all of Dallas, composed of the county of Dallas," p. 5. House Journal. (2) Dallas, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (3) Mesquite. Texas Legislative Manual. (4) Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Other Resources Johnathan Edward "John" Davis, birth date 3/18/1875, death date 11/2/1958, newspaper printer and editor. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. John E. Davis (name on grave marker), birth date 3/18/1875, death date 11/2/1958, interment in Mesquite Cemetery, Dallas County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. John E. Davis, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John E. Davis, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John E. Davis, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John E. Davis, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John E. Davis, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John E. Davis, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John E. Davis, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John E. Davis, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. John E. Davis, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). 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. 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 41st R.S. - 1929 Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Public Printing   40th R.S. - 1927 Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Public Health   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions   39th R.S. - 1925 Contingent Expense (Chair)  Counties   Municipal and Private Corporations   Rules   37th R.S. - 1921 Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Representative Districts   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   36th R.S. - 1919 Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Labor   Public Printing   State Affairs   35th R.S. - 1917 Internal Improvements   Labor   Public Printing   State Affairs   Supreme Judicial Districts (Vice Chair)  34th R.S. - 1915 Common Carriers   Constitutional Amendments   Enrolled Bills (Chair)  Labor   Public Printing   Revenue and Taxation   State Affairs (Vice Chair)  33rd R.S. - 1913 Claims and Accounts   Insurance   North Texas Hospital for the Insane at Terrell   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Revenue and Taxation   State Affairs   State Asylums   32nd R.S. - 1911 Appropriations Subcommittee on the North Texas Hospital for the Insane   Insurance   Public Printing   State Affairs

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