James McDonald Heflin

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

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	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

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

58th Legislature, R.S., HSR 60. Resolutions - Memorial.

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, 1890-1977.
Obituary and photo, "Ex-State Official, James M. Heflin, Dies," 1/24/1963, p. 16, sec. 4. Houston Chronicle.

Photographs

Photograph. J.M. (Jim) Heflin, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Heflin, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Heflin, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Heflin, 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Heflin, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jas. M. Heflin, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James M. Heflin, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Heflin, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
46th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
47th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
49th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
50th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
51st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
52nd 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.

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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