Joseph Abner Dodd

Full Name: Joseph Abner Dodd
Date of birth: March 21, 1871
Date of death: February 29, 1944

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	1	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd	Democrat	Nash / Bowie	Bowie
H	1	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Nash / Bowie	Bowie
H	3	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th	Democrat	Nash / Bowie	Bowie, Cass, Marion
H	3	Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919	35th	Democrat	Nash / Bowie	Bowie, Cass, Marion
H	1	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Nash / Bowie	Bowie
H	1	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th	Democrat	Park / Bowie	Bowie

(1) NASH, TEXAS (Bowie County). "Nash is on U.S. Highway 82 and the Missouri Pacific line, five miles from Texarkana in eastern Bowie County. It emerged in the 1870s around the junction of a branch line of the Texas and Pacific that ran from Marshall, Texas, and the main line, which crossed the county from east to west . . . A post office was established in 1884 and named Park for John N. Parker, the first postmaster, but the settlement was still referred to at times by its earlier names. In 1906 the name was changed to Nash, in honor of Manny Nash, the railroad division superintendent." Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Nash. House Journal.
(3) Nash, Bowie County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Park. Texas Legislative Manual.

Terms of Service top

House District 1
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Nash / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie

House District 1
Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 38th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Nash / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie

House District 3
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Nash / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie, Cass, Marion

House District 3
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Nash / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie, Cass, Marion

House District 1
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Nash / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie

House District 1
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Park / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

49th Legislature, R.S., HSR 77, 2/5/1945, p. 232. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Centennial 1907-2007." Court of Appeals for the Sixth District of Texas.
J.A. Dodd, birth date 3/21/1871 in Batesville, Arkansas, death date 2/29/1944 in Bowie County, Texas, medical doctor. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
J.A. Dodd (1871-1944), burial in Hillcrest Cemetery in Nash, Bowie County. Grave marker illegible. Find a Grave.
Mentioned as a leading proponent of anti-evolution bills in the 1920's, pp. 57-58 (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.; HB 378, 39th Legislature, R.S.; HB 90, 41st Legislature, R.S.). Ledbetter, Patsy. "Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929," Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 45-62. JSTOR.
"Noted resident was Dr. Joseph Abner Dodd (1871-1944), who served 6 terms in Texas House of Representatives." Resident of the town of Nash in 1884. Bowie County Landmarks. USGenWeb Project, 1996.

Photographs

Photograph. J.A. Dodd, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.A. Dodd, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.A. Dodd, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Dr. T.A. Dodd, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.A. Dodd, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.A. Dodd, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

42nd R.S. - 1931 Education Labor Liquor Traffic Public Health
38th R.S. - 1923 Education Labor Municipal and Private Corporations Public Health (Vice Chair)
36th R.S. - 1919 Education Liquor Traffic Public Health (Vice Chair) Revenue and Taxation
35th R.S. - 1917 Appropriations Appropriations Subcommittee on the Orphan Home Education Labor Liquor Traffic Public Health (Vice Chair) Tuberculosis Sanatorium
30th R.S. - 1907 Agriculture Claims and Accounts Public Health Roads, Bridges and Ferries
29th R.S. - 1905 Claims and Accounts Public Debt Public Health State Asylums

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