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C.E. Nicholson

Carl Edmund Nicholson

Full Name: Carl Edmund Nicholson
Date of birth: November 14, 1888
Date of death: January 16, 1964

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 16-2 Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 49th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 48th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 45th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson
H 16-2 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Port Neches / Jefferson   Jefferson

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Refining. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
49th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Legislatures:
48th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Legislatures:
47th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Legislatures:
46th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Legislatures:
45th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Legislatures:
44th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Legislatures:
43rd (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Legislatures:
42nd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Legislatures:
41st  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Legislatures:
40th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Legislatures:
39th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Port Neches / Jefferson
Counties in district:
Jefferson

Terms of service notes


(1) Refining. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information

  • Census of 1930 - Carl E. Nicholson, Precinct No. 7, Port Neches, Jefferson County, chief clerk/oil refinery, age 41, born in Indiana. FamilySearch.
  • Carl Edmund Nicholson, birth date 11/14/1888 in Indiana; death date 1/16/1964 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas; retired chief clerk, Texaco, Inc. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Death notice, "Ex-Representative Nicholson Succumbs," 1/19/1964, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
  • C.E. Nicholson, oilman, age 40 in 1929, born in Indiana. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
  • Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.

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