Thomas McNeal

Thomas McNeal

Full Name: Thomas McNeal
Date of birth: November 22, 1849
Date of death: February 14, 1913

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 86 Jan 14, 1913 - Feb 14, 1913 33rd (1)   Democrat Lockhart / Caldwell   Caldwell
H 60 Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913 32nd   Democrat Lockhart / Caldwell   Caldwell

(1) Frank L. Tiller, sworn 3/17/1913, succeeded Thomas McNeal, died 2/14/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 86
Jan 14, 1913 - Feb 14, 1913
Legislatures: 33rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district: Caldwell
House District 60
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 32nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district: Caldwell

(1) Frank L. Tiller, sworn 3/17/1913, succeeded Thomas McNeal, died 2/14/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Memorial services and tributes for Thomas McNeal, J.C. Hunt, Lee Killingsworth, and D.C. Kelley, including biographical sketches - 33rd Legislature, Sunday, 3/23/1913, pp. 1469-1485. D.C. Kelley born in 1856, p. 1475. House Journal.

Other Resources

  • "Second Legislator Died Today from Spinal Meningitis" and "Will Try to Pass Katy Bill over Governor's Veto," 2/14/1913, p. 1. Reports on deaths of Thomas McNeal and Lee Killingsworth "of Longview" of meningitis. Denton Record-Chronicle.
  • Thomas McNeal, birth date 11/22/1850 in Washington County; death date 2/14/1913 in Austin, Travis County; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Thos. McNeal, birth date 11/22/1849, death date 2/14/1913, burial in Lockhart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, Caldwell County. Find a Grave.
  • "Legislative Halls Almost Forsaken . . . Death of Representative Hunt Shocking," 3/23/1913, p. 8; Obituary, "J.C. Hunt Dies in Austin: Representative from Randall County Had Been Ill Since Feb. 15 - His Is Fourth Death This Session," 3/23/1913, p. 10. Other members who died "succumbing to the same disease" [meningitis] were Representatives Neal [sic: McNeal], Killingsworth, and Kelly [sic: Kelley]. Galveston Daily News.
  • Obituary, "Hon. Thos. M'Neal Dies; A Victim of Meningitis (Second Representative to Die within 24 hours)," 2/15/1913, p. 4. Mentions death of Lee Killingsworth "of Longview" of meningitis. Galveston Daily News.
  • Report describing memorial services on the deaths of Representatives McNeal, Killingsworth, Kelley, and Hunt, 3/24/1913, p. 2. San Antonio Light.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

33rd R.S. - 1913
Anti-Tuberculosis Commission, Investigate  
Claims and Accounts  
Confederate Home  
Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
Investigating  
Judiciary  
Reforms in Civil Procedure  
Reforms in Criminal Procedure  
32nd R.S. - 1911
Appropriations Subcommittee on the State Penitentiaries and State Farms  
Civil and Criminal Procedure  
Claims and Accounts  
Criminal Jurisprudence  

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