Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	51	Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969	60th	Democrat	Denton / Denton	Cooke, Denton
H	59	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th	Democrat	Denton / Denton	Denton
H	59	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th	Democrat	Denton / Denton	Denton
H	59	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th	Democrat	Denton / Denton	Denton
H	59	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Denton / Denton	Denton
H	59	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th	Democrat	Denton / Denton	Denton
H	59	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Sanger / Denton	Denton

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

Oral history interviews available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, World War II; United States Army Reserve, Colonel. "He served during World War II as an officer in anti-aircraft artillery unit in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany, and was awarded the Bronze Star. He continued to be active in the U.S. Army Reserves and retired as a Colonel in 1974." Obituary, 11/6/2011. Dallas Morning News.

Other Resources

Alonzo Wesley Jamison, Jr., birth date 4/12/1918, residence in Denton from 1993-2009. FamilySearch United States Public Records, 1970-2009.
Alonzo Wesley Jamison, Jr., birth date 4/12/1918 in obituary (4/13/1918 on family cenotaph), death date 10/29/2011, photo, obituary, cenotaph in Valley View Cemetery, Valley View, Cooke County. Find a Grave.
"Sine Die" song (to the tune of "This Ole House"), 1959 version and undated version, ghost-written for Alonzo Jamison ("Mrs. Jamison is thought to be the ghost"). Memo File.

Photographs

Photograph. Alonzo W. Jamison, 60th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Alonzo W. Jamison, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Alonzo W. Jamison, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Alonzo W. Jamison, Jr., 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Alonzo W. Jamison, Jr., 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.W. Jamison, Jr., 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Alonzo W. Jamison, Jr., 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Alonzo W. Jamison, Jr., 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

54th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
60th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

60th R.S. - 1967 Common Carriers Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Revision Commission Education Juvenile Crime and Delinquency (Vice Chair) State Affairs
59th R.S. - 1965 Common Carriers (Vice Chair) Congressional and Legislative Districts Counties Juvenile Crime Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Health
58th R.S. - 1963 Common Carriers (Vice Chair) Constitutional Amendments Counties Education Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections
57th R.S. - 1961 Agriculture Conservation and Reclamation Education Highways and Roads (Chair) State Affairs
56th R.S. - 1959 Congressional and Legislative Districts Education (Chair) Highways and Roads Rules State Affairs
55th R.S. - 1957 Revenue and Taxation Rules School Districts (Chair) State Affairs
54th R.S. - 1955 Agriculture Commerce and Manufactures Education Game and Fisheries Military and Veteran's Affairs Segregation in Public Schools, Advisory

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