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James Jefferson Strickland Full Name: James Jefferson Strickland Date of birth: September 13, 1882 Date of death: July 5, 1938 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 S 13 Jan 9, 1917 - Oct 2, 1920 36th (1) (2) (3)   35th (4)   36th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Palestine / Anderson Senate President Pro Tempore (36th)   Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity H 28 Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911 31st (5)   Democrat Palestine / Anderson   Anderson H 28 Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 30th   Democrat Alder Branch / Anderson   Anderson (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.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 7, 1/10/1939, pp. 15-16. Jeff J. Strickland. Resolutions - Memorial. 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. 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). 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 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. Committee Informationtop 36th R.S. - 1919 Agricultural Affairs   Claims and Accounts   Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair)  Finance   Labor (Chair)  Purchase Price for Block 124   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Towns and City Corporations   35th R.S. - 1917 Commerce and Manufactures   Congressional Districts   Criminal Jurisprudence   Donation of John Tarleton College to the State, Investigate   Internal Improvements   Labor   Public Health   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs   State Institutions and Departments   State Penitentiaries   31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Banks and Banking   Common Carriers   Game and Fisheries (Chair)  Labor   Private Corporations   Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure   Revenue and Taxation   31st R.S. - 1909 Forestry   Labor   Private Corporations   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   30th R.S. - 1907 Common Carriers   Education   Labor   Revenue and Taxation

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