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Miss Maud Isaacks

Maud Isaacks

Full Name: Eula Maud Isaacks
Date of birth: October 26, 1885
Date of death: January 22, 1980

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 74-1 Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 59th   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso
H 74-1 Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 58th   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso
H 105-1 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso
H 105-1 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso
H 105-1 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1)   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso
H 105-1 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso
H 105-1 Mar 15, 1954 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd (2)   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Retired high school teacher. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal. ↩
(2) Miss Maude Isaacks, in special election 3/6/1954, sworn 3/15/1954, succeeded Samuel J. Isaacks, resigned 1/28/1954. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
59th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district:
El Paso

Legislatures:
58th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district:
El Paso

Legislatures:
57th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district:
El Paso

Legislatures:
56th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district:
El Paso

Legislatures:
55th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district:
El Paso

Legislatures:
54th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district:
El Paso

Legislatures:
53rd (2)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district:
El Paso

Terms of service notes


(1) Retired high school teacher. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal. ↩
(2) Miss Maude Isaacks, in special election 3/6/1954, sworn 3/15/1954, succeeded Samuel J. Isaacks, resigned 1/28/1954. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Photo and biographical sketch (Maud Isaacks). With Anita Blair, one of the first two women to serve in the Texas House from the same district at the same time. First woman to succeed a father (Samuel Jackson Isaacks) in the legislature, in 1954. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
  • ISAACKS, MAUD (ca. 1885-1980). Relatives: Samuel Jackson Isaacks - father, Maud Isaacks - daughter. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Eula Maud Isaacks, Guide to MS123 Maud Isaacks Papers, 1/27/2020. C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department. The University of Texas at El Paso Library.

  • Obituary and photo, "Services Scheduled for Maud Isaacks," 1/24/1980, p. C-2. El Paso Herald Post.
  • Obituary and photo, "Former Legislator Isaacks Dies," 1/24/1980, p. 1B. El Paso Times.
  • Maud Isaacks, birth date 10/26/1885, death date 1/22/1980, photos, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, next to father Samuel Jackson Isaacks. Find a Grave.
  • Mentioned in Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade.
    • Selected newspaper articles

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