Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	101-2	Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937	44th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	101-2	Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935	43rd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	101-2	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	101-2	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931	41st	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	101-2	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929	40th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and description of the J.C. Duvall papers. Death date 2/13/1982. Fort Worth Public Library.
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/31/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, World War II. Grave marker inscription, "Judge" Jesse Caldwell Duvall, birth date 6/15/1898, death date 2/13/1982, burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth. Grave marker inscription: "1927-37 TX HOUSE OF REP, 1942-47 LT COL US ARMY NAZI WAR TRIALS GERMANY, 1957-79 TARRANT CO JUDGE." Find a Grave.
Military intelligence and prosecutor in Nazi War Crimes Trials, World War II. Fort Worth Public Library.

Other Resources

Jesse Caldwell Duvall, death date 2/13/1982, Hood County death records. Granbury Depot.

Photographs

Photograph. J.C. Duvall, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.C. Duvall, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.C. Duvall, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.C. Duvall, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.C. Duvall, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

44th R.S. - 1935 Judiciary Public Health Revenue and Taxation State Affairs (Chair)
43rd R.S. - 1933 Commerce and Manufactures Judiciary Poet Laureate Selection, Special Public Health Revenue and Taxation (Chair)
42nd R.S. - 1931 Game and Fisheries Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Chair) Public Health Revenue and Taxation
41st R.S. - 1929 Congressional Districts Education Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Public Health Revenue and Taxation
40th R.S. - 1927 Bills, Consider Certain Education Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Health School Districts State Song

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