Thomas Herbert Stilwell

Full Name: Thomas Herbert "Tom" Stilwell
Date of birth: October 23, 1918
Date of death: September 23, 2005

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	1-2	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Texarkana / Bowie		Bowie
H	1-2	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Texarkana / Bowie		Bowie

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House District 1-2
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Texarkana / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie

House District 1-2
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
Legislatures: 53rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Texarkana / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie

Biographical Information top

Military Service Notes

Thomas Herbert Stilwell, birth date 10/23/1918 in Tyler; residence in Texarkana, Bowie County; employer Stanolind Oil & Gas Company; father Henry Wesley Stilwell; draft registration 10/16/1940 in Texarkana, Bowie County. FamilySearch Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947.
Thomas H. Stilwell, birth year 1918, enlistment date 2/8/1941 in Dallas. FamilySearch United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.
United States Army, World War II. Colonel, Army Reserves, retired 1969. Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph.

Other Resources

Thomas H. Stilwell, birth date 10/23/1918, death date 9/23/2005, burial in Roselawn Park Cemetery, Palestine, Anderson County. Find a Grave.
Obituary, "Palestine Rites Tuesday for Judge Tom Stilwell," 9/25/2005, p. 18, "served two terms as State Legislator from Bowie County, was director of Legal Division of General Land Office of Texas, served as Third District Judge, as a council member of city of Palestine and was a long-time municipal judge in Palestine." Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph.

Photographs

Photograph. Thomas H. Stilwell, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Thomas H. Stilwell, 53rd 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.

Committee Information top

54th R.S. - 1955 Common Carriers (Vice Chair) Education Insurance Judiciary Poet Laureate Selection, Special Segregation in Public Schools, Advisory State Hospitals and Special Schools
53rd R.S. - 1953 Constitutional Amendments Education Federal Relations Judicial Districts Rules Standing Committee System Revision, Special

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