C.E. Nicholson

Carl Edmund Nicholson

Full Name: Carl Edmund Nicholson
Date of birth: November 14, 1888
Date of death: January 16, 1964

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 16-2 Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 49th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 48th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 45th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson

(1) Refining. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 16-2
Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947
Legislatures: 49th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 16-2
Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945
Legislatures: 48th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 16-2
Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943
Legislatures: 47th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 16-2
Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941
Legislatures: 46th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 16-2
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 45th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 16-2
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 16-2
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 16-2
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 16-2
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 16-2
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson
House District 16-2
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
Legislatures: 39th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson

(1) Refining. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Other Resources

  • Census of 1930 - Carl E. Nicholson, Precinct No. 7, Port Neches, Jefferson County, chief clerk/oil refinery, age 41, born in Indiana. FamilySearch.
  • Carl Edmund Nicholson, birth date 11/14/1888 in Indiana; death date 1/16/1964 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; retired chief clerk, Texaco, Inc. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Death notice, "Ex-Representative Nicholson Succumbs," 1/19/1964, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
  • C.E. Nicholson, oilman, age 40 in 1929, born in Indiana. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
  • Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

49th R.S. - 1945
Constitutional Amendments  
Engrossed Bills  
Judicial Districts  
Municipal and Private Corporations (Chair) 
Oil, Gas, and Mining  
Revenue and Taxation  
48th R.S. - 1943
Banks and Banking  
Enrolled Bills  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Oil, Gas, and Mining  
Revenue and Taxation  
47th R.S. - 1941
Constitutional Amendments  
Federal Relations  
Municipal and Private Corporations (Chair) 
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Revenue and Taxation  
46th R.S. - 1939
Constitutional Amendments  
Federal Relations  
Municipal and Private Corporations (Chair) 
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Revenue and Taxation  
45th R.S. - 1937
Banks and Banking  
Commerce and Manufactures  
Enrolled Bills  
Federal Relations  
Oil, Gas and Mining  
44th R.S. - 1935
Common Carriers  
Engrossed Bills  
Liquor Traffic  
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Revenue and Taxation  
43rd R.S. - 1933
Banks and Banking  
Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) 
Common Carriers  
Oil, Gas, and Mining  
Revenue and Taxation  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Common Carriers  
Conservation and Reclamation (Chair) 
Labor  
Revenue and Taxation  
41st R.S. - 1929
Conservation and Reclamation  
Constitutional Amendments  
Municipal and Private Corporations (Chair) 
Oil, Gas and Mining (Vice Chair) 
Revenue and Taxation  
40th R.S. - 1927
Labor  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Rules (Chair) 
Tax Survey Committee  
39th R.S. - 1925
Constitutional Amendments  
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Vice Chair) 
Labor  
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Sale of State Property, Investigate  

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