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James Jefferson Strickland
Full Name: James Jefferson Strickland
Date of birth: September 13, 1882
Date of death: July 5, 1938
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
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Counties in District |
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13
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Jan 9, 1917 - Oct 2, 1920
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36th
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(2)
(3)
35th
(4)
36th
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Democrat
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Palestine / Anderson
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Senate President Pro Tempore (36th)
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Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity
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H
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28
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Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
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31st
(5)
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Democrat
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Palestine / Anderson
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Anderson
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H
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28
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Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
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30th
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Democrat
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Alder Branch / Anderson
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Anderson
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(1)
36th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/14/1919, Regular Session.
Senate Journal.
(2)
Strickland resigned 10/2/1920.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3)
36th Legislature - 1/14/1919, p. 1, listed in Roll Call of Holdover Senators.
Senate Journal.
(4)
35th Legislature - 1/9/1917, p. 2, listed as "member-elect" in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 7, 1916.
Senate Journal.
(5)
Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415.
Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 7, 1/10/1939, pp. 15-16. Jeff J. Strickland.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, pp. 397-400.
Centennial History of Anderson County Texas, Showing the Development of this Important County. . ., 1936.
James Jefferson Strickland. Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," 3/22/1917, p. 6.
Houston Post.
Memorial, August 1938, p. 261.
Texas Bar Journal.
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Other Resources |
Obituary, "J.J. Strickland Dies; Had Held State Offices: Texas' Ex-Secretary, Counsel for Theaters, Insurance Man, Passes," Dallas News, July 6, 1938.
Card File.
James Jefferson Strickland (on grave marker), birth date 9/13/1882 in Arkansas, death date 7/5/1938, photo, interment in Palestine City Cemetery, Anderson County.
Find a Grave.
Jeff J. Strickland.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Brief vignettes on members of the 30th Legislature, "Kodaks by the Chaplain," Houston Post, 5/12/1907, p. 6, col. 6, crediting UNT Libraries.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Photographs |
Photograph.
J.J. Strickland, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
J.J. Strickland, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
J.J. Strickland, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
J.J. Strickland, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
35th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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