James Emery Neal

Full Name: James Emery "Jim" Neal
Date of birth: September 4, 1875
Date of death: March 11, 1951

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
S	27	Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939	44th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 45th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Mirando City / Webb	Senate President Pro Tempore (44th)	Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, Zavala

(1) 45th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fourth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-fifth Legislature," 1/12/1937, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(2) 44th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 10/15/1935. Senate Journal.
(3) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 27
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 44th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 45th ⁽¹⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (44th)
(44th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mirando City / Webb
Counties in district: Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces, Starr, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, Zavala

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Other Resources

James Emery Neal, birth date 9/4/1875, death date 3/11/1951 in Dallas, residence in Mirando City, Webb County, ranchman. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.
Obituary, "'Honest Jim' Neal, Who Defeated Archie Parr in Senate Race, Buried; Border Figure Gone," 3/15/1951, p. 9. Death date Sunday 3/11/1951, in Dallas. McAllen Monitor.
Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express.
45th Legislature (1937) - Jim Neal, postoffice Mirando City, Webb County, nativity Texas, age 60, rancher, Democrat, member of former legislatures: 44th Senate. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. Jim Neal, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Jim Neal, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

44th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
45th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

45th R.S. - 1937 Agricultural Affairs (Vice Chair) Congressional Districts Contingent Expenses Counties and County Boundaries (Vice Chair) Finance Insurance Mining, Irrigation and Drainage Privileges and Elections Representative Districts State Institutions and Departments Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)
44th R.S. - 1935 Agricultural Affairs Congressional Districts Contingent Expenses Counties and County Boundaries (Vice Chair) Educational Affairs Finance Mining, Irrigation and Drainage Privileges and Elections Representative Districts State Institutions and Departments Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)

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