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Brent Carroll Jackson
Full Name: Brent Carroll Jackson
Date of birth: March 18, 1889
Date of death: June 17, 1954

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District

H 54 May 20, 1920 - Jan 11, 1921 36th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Democrat Denton / Denton Denton, Tarrant

(1) Included in "New Legislators in the Texas House," list of 12 new members elected to fill vacancies since the last session, 5/21/1920, p. 11. Austin American.
(2) Home city - Denton. "Tarrant County Man Waives Election So Opponent May Be Seated," 5/19/1920, p. 1. Brownwood Bulletin.
(3) "G.O.P. Candidate on Tarrant Co. Ticket but not this County," 5/10/1920, p. 2. Brent C. Jackson one of four democratic candidates. Denton Record-Chronicle.
(4) 36th Legislature, 3rd C.S. - 5/20/1920, First Day. Brent C. Jackson listed as District No. 54 [succeeding Marvin Brown]. No biographical, party, or county info. appears in Texas Legislative Manual or Members of the Texas Congress &Legislature for Jackson. House Journal.
(5) 36th Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Oath of Office Administered (to Lidiak, Jackson, Garrett, Daniel, Vickers, Biggers, Merriman, Beavens, Neal, Baldwin, Morris, and Pollard), 5/20/1920, pp. 1-2. No committee appointments listed for these members in 3rd-4th C.S. House Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, December 1954, p. 731. Death date 6/16/1954. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, Captain, World War I. Obituary, "Brent Jackson, 65, Dies at Home Here," 6/18/1954, p. 1. Denton Record-Chronicle.

Other Resources

Obituary, "Brent Jackson, 65, Dies at Home Here," 6/18/1954, p. 1. "He had been active in political circles, having served as a Democratic party leader." Denton Record-Chronicle.

Brent Carroll Jackson, birth date 3/18/1889, death date 6/17/1954, interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Denton, Denton County. Grave marker, Judge Brent C. Jackson. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Brent C. Jackson, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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