John F. Wallace

John Forsythe Wallace

Full Name: John Forsythe Wallace
Date of birth: October 10, 1881
Date of death: March 26, 1966

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 57 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Teague / Freestone   Freestone
H 57 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Teague / Freestone   Freestone
H 57 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Teague / Freestone   Freestone
H 57 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th   Democrat Teague / Freestone   Freestone
H 58 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat Teague / Freestone   Freestone, Navarro

Terms of Service top

House District 57
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Teague / Freestone
Counties in district: Freestone
House District 57
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Teague / Freestone
Counties in district: Freestone
House District 57
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
Legislatures: 39th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Teague / Freestone
Counties in district: Freestone
House District 57
Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 38th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Teague / Freestone
Counties in district: Freestone
House District 58
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Teague / Freestone
Counties in district: Freestone, Navarro

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/21/1929, p. 7. Houston Post-Dispatch.
  • Wallace, John Forsythe. Texas State Cemetery.

Other Resources

  • John B. Wallace in 40th Legislature. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

41st R.S. - 1929
Appropriations (Chair) 
Highway Department, Investigate  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Penitentiaries  
Prison Centralization Commission  
Revenue and Taxation  
State Affairs  
Texas Oklahoma Boundary  
40th R.S. - 1927
Appropriations (Vice Chair) 
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Penitentiaries  
Revenue and Taxation  
State Affairs (Chair) 
39th R.S. - 1925
Appropriations  
Banks and Banking (Chair) 
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Insurance  
Revenue and Taxation  
State Departments, Investigate  
38th R.S. - 1923
Appropriations  
Claims and Accounts  
Insurance  
Penitentiaries  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions (Vice Chair) 
State Juvenile Training School, Investigate  
Welfare of the State  
37th R.S. - 1921
Banks and Banking  
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Vice Chair) 
Insurance  
Public Health  
Representative Districts  

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