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J.M. Terrell
Full Name: James M. Terrell
Date of birth: October 19, 1870
Date of death: March 6, 1926
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 10, 1911
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31st
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(2)
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(4)
30th
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(6)
(7)
(8)
31st
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(3)
(4)
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Democrat
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Texarkana / Bowie
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Senate President Pro Tempore (31st)
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Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
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Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
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29th
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(10)
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Democrat
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Daingerfield / Morris
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Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
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(1)
31st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/12/1909, Regular Session.
Senate Journal.
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"Place of residence" Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County).
Senate Journal.
(3)
31st Legislature - 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call with "hold-over Senators."
Senate Journal.
(4)
Postoffice Texarkana, Bowie County.
Texas Legislative Manual.
(5)
Lists Texarkana/Bowie County for James M. Terrell.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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"Place of residence" Daingerfield (Morris County).
Senate Journal.
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30th Legislature - 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2, listed in "roll of the Senators-elect."
Senate Journal.
(8)
Postoffice Daingerfield, Morris County.
Texas Legislative Manual.
(9)
James M. Terrell, in special election 11/8/1904, succeeded James R. Wilson, died after 1st Called Session, 28th Legislature.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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29th Legislature - 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2, listed in "roll of the Senators-elect."
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
40th Legislature, R.S., Simple Resolution 58, 2/14/1927, p. 327. "In 1908 he removed to Texarkana where he practiced law until 1911 when he removed to Dallas where he resided until his untimely death."
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Other Resources |
Mentioned in "Centennial 1907-2007."
Court of Appeals for the Sixth District of Texas.
"Terrell to Succeed Wilson," 8/23/1904, p. 3. " . . . Morris County has presented the name of J.M. Terrell of Daingerfield as a candidate to succeed the late Senator J.R. Wilson of the first. Terrell is a lawyer, and his county claims the Senatorship."
Galveston Daily News.
Memorial, April 1926, p. 225.
Texas Law Review Proceedings of the . . . Annual Meeting of the Texas Bar Association.
From Daingerfield in 1907; in 1909 from Texarkana, Bowie County, 1 dist., age 38, born in Texas, lawyer, Democrat.
Card File.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
J.M. Terrell, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
J.M. Terrell, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
J.M. Terrell, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
J.M. Terrell, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
29th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
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