James McDonald Meachum

Full Name: James McDonald Meachum
Date of birth: August 5, 1876
Date of death: June 20, 1957

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	15	Jan 12, 1909 - Oct 2, 1911	31st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 32nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Navasota / Grimes		Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker
S	15	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 12, 1909	30th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 29th ⁽⁷⁾ 30th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Navasota / Grimes	Senate President Pro Tempore (30th)	Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker
H	44	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th	Democrat	Navasota / Grimes		Grimes

(1) Meachum resigned 10/2/1911. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/10/1911, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.
(4) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(5) 30th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/12/1907, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(6) 30th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(7) 29th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 15
Jan 12, 1909 - Oct 2, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 32nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Navasota / Grimes
Counties in district: Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker

Senate District 15
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 29th ⁽⁷⁾ 30th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (30th)
(30th)
(30th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Navasota / Grimes
Counties in district: Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker

House District 44
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
Legislatures: 28th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Navasota / Grimes
Counties in district: Grimes

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, McDonald Meachum, Texas Under Many Flags, 1930, Volume II, p. 168. (Created 7/24/2009.) HeritageQuest Online.
Biographical sketch, McDonald Meachum, Volume IV, p. 1699. Born 8/5/1876 in Anderson, Grimes County. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Memorial, 10/22/1957, p. 605. Texas Bar Journal.
Portraits and biographical sketches, "Our Friends in the Legislature," Volume V, No. 1, May 1909, pp. 14-17. Texas State Journal of Medicine, 1905.

Other Resources

J. McDonald Meachum in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," p. 208. Early History of Grimes County, 1930.
Includes brief discussion of East Texas Senators McDonald Meachum and William J. Greer, Volume III, Chapter XXXIII, "Some East Texas banking history," p. 1381. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers, 1940.
James M. Meachum, death date 6/20/1957 in Hartford, Connecticut. FamilySearch. Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001
James McDonald Meachum, birth date 8/5/1876, death date 6/20/1957, burial in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave.
Obituary, "Former State Sen. Meachum Dies at 80," 6/21/1957, p. 1. Houston Chronicle.
McDonald J. Meachum. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
McDonald J. Meachum portrait, sponsored SB 111, 31st R.S., professional nursing; Lamar Zivley portrait, author of HB 47, 52nd R.S., Texas Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners. "Texas Board of Nursing: 1909-2009," Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 1, 4. Texas Board of Nursing Bulletin.

Photographs

Photograph. McDonald Meachum, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. McDonald Meachum, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. McDonald Meachum, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Mc D. Meachum, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

29th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
32nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

32nd R.S. - 1911 Agricultural and Mechanical College, Legislature Visitation Arrangements Congressional Districts Finance Insurance, Statistics and History Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Prohibition Amendment Election held July 22, 1911, Investigation of Public Buildings and Grounds Reagan Papers, Investigate (Chair) Rules State Penitentiaries Towns and City Corporations (Chair)
31st R.S. - 1909 Educational Affairs Finance H. Bascom Thomas Expulsion, Committee of the Whole Senate Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) State Penitentiaries
30th R.S. - 1907 Educational Affairs Finance Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Public Health Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Penitentiaries (Chair)
29th R.S. - 1905 Insurance, Statistics and History Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Public Buildings and Grounds Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Affairs State Penitentiaries (Chair)
28th R.S. - 1903 Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Penitentiaries Public Buildings and Grounds

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