James Emery Neal
Full Name: James Emery "Jim" NealDate of birth: September 4, 1875
Date of death: March 11, 1951
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 27 | Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939 | 45th (1) 44th (2) (3) | Democrat | Mirando City / Webb | Senate President Pro Tempore (44th) | Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, Zavala |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) 45th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fourth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-fifth Legislature," 1/12/1937, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 44th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 10/15/1935. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
Terms of Service
Terms of service notes
(1) 45th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fourth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-fifth Legislature," 1/12/1937, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 44th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 10/15/1935. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
Biographical Information
- Obituary, James Emory Neal, "Death Takes James Neal, Ex-Senator," 3/12/1951, part III, p. 11. Dallas Morning News.
- James Emery Neal, birth date 9/4/1875 in Texas; death date 3/11/1951 in Dallas, Dallas County; residence in Mirando City, Webb County; ranchman. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
- James Emery Neal, birth date 9/4/1874; permanent home address in Torrecillas, Webb County; farmer and stockman; draft registration 9/12/1918. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
- James Emery Neal, birth date 9/4/1875, death date 3/11/1951, burial in Laredo City Cemetery, Laredo, Webb County, with spouse Ollie Grace Neal. Find a Grave.
- Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.
- Obituary, "'Honest Jim' Neal, Who Defeated Archie Parr in Senate Race, Buried; Border Figure Gone," 3/15/1951, p. 9. Death date Sunday 3/11/1951, in Dallas. McAllen Monitor.
- Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express.
- 45th Legislature (1937) - Jim Neal, postoffice Mirando City, Webb County, nativity Texas, age 60, rancher, Democrat, member of former legislatures: 44th Senate. Texas Legislative Manual.
- 44th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 45th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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