Jesse Craft Murrell

Full Name: Jesse Craft Murrell
Date of birth: May 12, 1856
Date of death: November 12, 1927

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	48	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th	Democrat	Gainesville / Cooke	Cooke
H	48	Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919	35th	Democrat	Gainesville / Cooke	Cooke
H	81	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th	Democrat	Gainesville / Cooke	Cooke
H	9	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	Gainesville / Cooke	Cooke
H	9	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	Coesfield / Cooke	Cooke
H	30	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Coesfield / Cooke	Cooke
H	31	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Coesfield / Cooke	Cooke, Grayson

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(3) Coesfield post office closed in 1906. Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
(5) Jesse Murrell, Gainvesville. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Terms of Service top

House District 48
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gainesville / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke

House District 48
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gainesville / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke

House District 81
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
Legislatures: 28th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gainesville / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke

House District 9
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gainesville / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke

House District 9
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coesfield / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke

House District 30
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coesfield / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke

House District 31
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coesfield / Cooke
Counties in district: Cooke, Grayson

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

Memorial, 39th Legislature, Regular Session, p. 898, in memory of Mrs. Jesse C. Murrell. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

MURRELL, JESSE CRAFT (1856-1927). Death date 11/12/1927. Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Jessee Craft Murrell, pp. 235-236. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Jesse Craft Murrell, pp. 326-327. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, Jesse C. Murrell, pp. 112-113. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Obituary, "Jesse C. Murrell Dies at Dorchester," 11/13/1927. "He lived at Gainesville and was a former member of the State Legislature." Dallas Morning News.
Jesse Clift [sic] Murrell, birth date 5/12/1855 in Kentucky; death date 11/12/1927 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
J.C. Murrell (1855-1927) burial in Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County. Find a Grave.
Jesse C. Murrell, Democrat, farmer, age 62 in 1919, born in Missouri. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
Mentioned in account of brother's murder in "Horrors Multiply: Tom murrell [sic], wife and son murdered." Texas Trails. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.

Photographs

Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jesse C. Murrell, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. Jesse C. Murrell, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.C. Murrell, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

36th R.S. - 1919 Agriculture Banks and Banking (Chair) Common Carriers Privileges, Suffrage and Elections State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions
35th R.S. - 1917 Banks and Banking Committee to Investigate Certain Expenditures Common Carriers Internal Improvements Liquor Traffic Prepare Articles of Impeachment Against Governor James E. Ferguson
28th R.S. - 1903 Claims and Accounts Constitutional Amendments Penitentiaries Privileges, Suffrage and Elections State Affairs
27th R.S. - 1901 Constitutional Amendments Finance Heads of State Departments, Investigate Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Affairs Stock and Stock Raising
23rd R.S. - 1893 Agricultural Affairs Internal Improvements Revenue and Taxation State Affairs (Chair) Stock and Stockraising
22nd R.S. - 1891 Finance Public Debt Quarantine Laws Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts Roads, Bridges and Ferries Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)
21st R.S. - 1889 Enrolled Bills Judiciary No. 2 Military Affairs State Affairs Stock and Stockraising

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