Maud Isaacks

Full Name: Maud Isaacks
Date of birth: October 26, 1885
Date of death: January 22, 1980

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	74-1	Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967	59th	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	74-1	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	105-1	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	105-1	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	105-1	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	105-1	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso
H	105-1	Mar 15, 1954 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	El Paso

(1) Miss Maude Isaacks, in special election 3/6/1954, sworn 3/15/1954, succeeded Samuel J. Isaacks, resigned 1/28/1954. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

Photo and biographical sketch (Maud Isaacks). With Anita Blair, one of the first two women to serve in the Texas House from the same district at the same time. First woman to succeed a father (Samuel Jackson Isaacks) in the legislature, in 1954. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
ISAACKS, MAUD (1885?-1980). Relatives: Samuel Jackson Isaacks - father, Maud Isaacks - daughter. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Maud Isaacks, birth date 10/26/1885, death date 1/22/1980, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, next to father Samuel Jackson Isaacks. Includes photos, obituary from El Paso-Times 1/24/1980, Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
54th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

59th R.S. - 1965 Constitutional Amendments Education Penitentiaries Public Health School Districts (Vice Chair)
58th R.S. - 1963 Constitutional Amendments Counties Education (Vice Chair) Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections Public Health
57th R.S. - 1961 Education and Teacher Certification Labor Penitentiaries Public Health School Districts State Hospitals and Special Schools
56th R.S. - 1959 Claims and Accounts Education Penitentiaries Public Health
55th R.S. - 1957 Congressional and Legislative Districts Education (Vice Chair) Penitentiaries School Districts State Hospitals and Special Schools
54th R.S. - 1955 Education Penitentiaries Public Health School Districts (Vice Chair) State Hospitals and Special Schools
53rd R.S. - 1953 Common Carriers Education Labor Privileges, Suffrage and Elections State Hospitals and Special Schools

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