J.M. Heflin

James McDonald Heflin

Full Name: James McDonald "Jim" Heflin
Date of birth: February 18, 1889
Date of death: January 23, 1963

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 22-8 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1)   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris
H 19-4 Jan 9, 1951 - Dec 31, 1951 52nd (2)   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris
H 19-4 Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951 51st   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris
H 19-4 Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949 50th   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris
H 19-4 Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 49th   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris
H 19-2 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris
H 19-2 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris
H 19-2 Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 45th   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris

(1) Real estate and appraisals. "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) Heflin resigned 12/31/1951. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Terms of Service top

House District 22-8
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris
House District 19-4
Jan 9, 1951 - Dec 31, 1951
Legislatures: 52nd (2)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris
House District 19-4
Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951
Legislatures: 51st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris
House District 19-4
Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949
Legislatures: 50th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris
House District 19-4
Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947
Legislatures: 49th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris
House District 19-2
Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943
Legislatures: 47th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris
House District 19-2
Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941
Legislatures: 46th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris
House District 19-2
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 45th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

(1) Real estate and appraisals. "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) Heflin resigned 12/31/1951. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

Other Resources

  • James McDonald Heflin, birth date 2/18/1889 in Montgomery, Texas; death date 1/23/1963 in Houston, Harris County; realtor-attorney, real estate-law. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Obituary and photo, "Ex-State Official, James M. Heflin, Dies," 1/24/1963, p. 16, sec. 4. Houston Chronicle.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

55th R.S. - 1957
Counties  
Education  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Representation Before the Legislature (Vice Chair) 
State Affairs  
52nd R.S. - 1951
Constitutional Amendments  
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
Insurance (Chair) 
Interstate Cooperation  
Motor Traffic  
51st R.S. - 1949
Constitutional Amendments  
Insurance (Chair) 
Insurance Code  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Local and Uncontested Bills  
Revenue and Taxation  
50th R.S. - 1947
Claims and Accounts  
Common Carriers (Vice Chair) 
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Labor  
Public Health  
State Affairs  
49th R.S. - 1945
Aeronautics  
Common Carriers (Vice Chair) 
Local and Uncontested Bills (Chair) 
Public Health  
State Affairs  
47th R.S. - 1941
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Insurance  
Labor (Chair) 
Public Health  
46th R.S. - 1939
Appropriations  
Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists, Special  
Constitutional Amendments  
Game and Fisheries  
Insurance  
Insurance Rates  
Public Health  
45th R.S. - 1937
Insurance  
Labor  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  

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