Alonzo W. Jamison

Alonzo Wesley Jamison

Full Name: Alonzo Wesley Jamison, Jr.
Date of birth: April 12, 1918
Date of death: October 29, 2011

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note 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 (1)   Democrat Denton / Denton   Denton
H 59 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th   Democrat Sanger / Denton   Denton

(1) Stock farmer. "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.

Terms of Service top

House District 51
Jan 10, 1967 - Jan 14, 1969
Legislatures: 60th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Cooke, Denton
House District 59
Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967
Legislatures: 59th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton
House District 59
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965
Legislatures: 58th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton
House District 59
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963
Legislatures: 57th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton
House District 59
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton
House District 59
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton
House District 59
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Sanger / Denton
Counties in district: Denton

(1) Stock farmer. "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.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

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.
  • 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.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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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