Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	34	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Montgomery / Montgomery	Harris, Montgomery
H	34	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Montgomery / Montgomery	Harris, Montgomery
H	34	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th	Democrat	Montgomery / Montgomery	Harris, Montgomery

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(3) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Hon. John E. McComb, p. 545. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Biographical sketch, Hon. John E. McComb, pp. 288-289. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
MCCOMB, JOHN EVANS (1848-?). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, pp. 98-99. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 261. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Photo and biographical sketch, John Evans McComb, pp. 196-199. Born 8/3/1848 in Cooper County, Missouri. Types of Successful Men of Texas, 1890.

Other Resources

Judge John Evans McComb, birth date 8/5/1848 in Miller, Missouri, death date 10/10/1926 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, lawyer--U.S. Dist. Attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.

Photographs

Photograph. John McComb, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. John McComb, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881 Judiciary No. 2 (Chair) Penitentiaries Rules Senatorial and Representative Districts
16th R.S. - 1879 Assessment and Collection of Taxes Code of Criminal Procedure, Select Constitutional Amendments Education Finance Funeral and Remains of the Late Honorable Gustave Schleicher Judiciary No. 2 (Chair) New Judiciary Article to the Constitution Reduction of Expenses in Departments, Select
15th R.S. - 1876 Assessment and Collection of Taxes Capitol Grounds, Accounts of Superintendent F. Voigt (Chair) Finance Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Privileges and Elections State Asylums

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