Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	101-1	Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947	49th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	101-1	Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945	48th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	101-1	Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943	47th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Jack Edward Love, "native Texan and now 14 years of age," residing in Fort Worth, SCR 43, 43rd Legislature, R.S., 1933, endorsing Senate employee Jack Love for position as page in the Congress. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Jack Love, 21 years old, "Senate Page Will Return to Austin as Representative," The Shamrock Texan, 9/16/1940, p. 2, crediting Shamrock Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

Mentioned in "U.T. Student's Eligibility for Post Questioned," 8/1/1940, p. 2. Former Rep. Joe Youngblood, "who ran third to Love and Rep. B.T. (Nub) Johnson in the race," challenged Jack Love's eligibility for the Legislature. Austin American.
Texas News Briefs, 6/6/1940, p. 17. "Jack Love, 21, former University of Texas debater, decided eight years ago when he was a page in the Texas legislature that he wanted to be a lawmaker. Today, Love announced his candidacy for state representative to succeed B.T. Johnson." Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
Photo and candidate announcement, "Jack Love, Law Student, Runs for Legislature," 6/9/1940, p. 1. "Love started as a page in the Legislature at the age of thirteen, and later he became a committee clerk." Daily Texan.
Census of 1940 - Jack E. Love, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, age 21, born circa 1919 in Missouri, son of Robert H. Love and Harpalicy Love. FamilySearch.
Jack Edward Love, birth date 10/23/1918 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri; death date 8/26/1982 in Houston; burial in Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston; attorney. Son of Robert Edward Love. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave.
47th Legislature (1941) - Jack Love, postoffice Fort Worth, Tarrant County, nativity Missouri, age 22 (born circa 1919), law student.
48th-49th Legislatures, attorney. Texas Legislative Manual. 47th Legislature 48th

Photographs

Photograph. Jack Love, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jack Love, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jack Love, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

47th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
48th 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.

Committee Information top

49th R.S. - 1945 Aeronautics Criminal Jurisprudence Motor Traffic (Vice Chair) Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Lands and Buildings
48th R.S. - 1943 Common Carriers Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Labor Motor Transportation
47th R.S. - 1941 Highways and Motor Traffic Interstate Cooperation Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Health State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions Un-American Activities

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