F. Charles Hume, Jr.

Full Name: Francis Charles "Charlie" Hume, Jr.
Date of birth: June 7, 1874
Date of death: January 26, 1926

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	16	Jan 12, 1909 - Nov 7, 1912	31st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 32nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Houston / Harris		Fort Bend, Harris, Waller
H	24	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Houston / Harris		Harris

(1) Hume resigned 11/7/1912. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/10/1911, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 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.
(4) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 16
Jan 12, 1909 - Nov 7, 1912
Legislatures: 31st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 32nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Fort Bend, Harris, Waller

House District 24
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

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Resolutions and Journal entries

39th Legislature, 1st C.S., 10/1/1926, p. 1158. In Memory of Francis Charles Hume, Jr. Relatives: F. Charles Hume, Sr. - father, F. Charles Hume, Jr. - son. Hume Sr. "preceded him (Hume Jr.) in death but a few years." Resolutions - Memorial.
39th Legislature, 1st C.S., Simple Resolution 25, 9/30/1926, p. 709. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

"The Young Lawyer," by F. Charles Hume, Jr., of the Houston, Texas, Bar, Volume 2, Number 1, November 1906, pp. 18-23. Includes brief biography of the author. American Law School Review.
Obituary and photo, "F. Charles Hume [Jr.] Called by Death; Funeral Thursday," 1/27/1926, pp. 1-2. "Bar Association Adopts Resolutions on Death of Hume," including Harris County Bar resolution, 1/29/1926, p. 10. Houston Chronicle.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Francis Charles Hume, Jr., Volume 1, pp. 772-775. The New Encyclopedia of Texas, 1926.

Other Resources

F. Charles Hume, Jr. birth date 6/7/1874 in Galveston, death date 1/26/1926 in Houston, Harris County, attorney, father Francis Chas. Hume, mother Marie Lea. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
F. Charles Hume, Jr. birth date 6/7/1874, death date 1/26/1926, burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave.
Memorial, April 1926, pp. 222-223. Texas Law Review Proceedings of the . . . Annual Meeting of the Texas Bar Association.

Photographs

Photograph. F. Chas. Hume, Jr., 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F. Chas. Hume, Jr., 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Chas. F. Hume Jr., 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

31st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
32nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

32nd R.S. - 1911 Commerce and Manufactures Contingent Expenses Educational Affairs Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Labor Privileges and Elections Rules (Chair) Senatorial Districts (Chair) State Penitentiaries Towns and City Corporations
31st R.S. - 1909 Commerce and Manufactures Counties and County Boundaries Educational Affairs Insurance, Statistics and History Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Labor Military Affairs Mining and Irrigation (Chair) Privileges and Elections Public Buildings and Grounds Public Health Public Printing Rules State Affairs State Penitentiaries Towns and City Corporations
30th R.S. - 1907 Constitutional Amendments Irrigation Private Corporations Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Health Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure

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