Maud Isaacks
Full Name: Eula Maud IsaacksDate of birth: October 26, 1885
Date of death: January 22, 1980
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 74-1 | Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 | 59th | Democrat | El Paso / El Paso | El Paso | |
| H | 74-1 | Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 | 58th | Democrat | El Paso / El Paso | El Paso | |
| H | 105-1 | Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 | 57th | Democrat | El Paso / El Paso | El Paso | |
| H | 105-1 | Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 | 56th | Democrat | El Paso / El Paso | El Paso | |
| H | 105-1 | Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 | 55th (1) | Democrat | El Paso / El Paso | El Paso | |
| H | 105-1 | Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 | 54th | Democrat | El Paso / El Paso | El Paso | |
| H | 105-1 | Mar 15, 1954 - Jan 11, 1955 | 53rd (2) | Democrat | El Paso / El Paso | El Paso |
(1) Retired high school teacher. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
(2) Miss Maude Isaacks, in special election 3/6/1954, sworn 3/15/1954, succeeded Samuel J. Isaacks, resigned 1/28/1954. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Terms of Service top
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House District 74-1
Jan 12, 1965 - Jan 10, 1967 Legislatures: 59th Party: Democrat Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso Counties in district: El Paso |
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House District 74-1
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965 Legislatures: 58th Party: Democrat Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso Counties in district: El Paso |
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House District 105-1
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 Legislatures: 57th Party: Democrat Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso Counties in district: El Paso |
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House District 105-1
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 Legislatures: 56th Party: Democrat Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso Counties in district: El Paso |
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House District 105-1
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 Legislatures: 55th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso Counties in district: El Paso |
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House District 105-1
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 Legislatures: 54th Party: Democrat Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso Counties in district: El Paso |
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House District 105-1
Mar 15, 1954 - Jan 11, 1955 Legislatures: 53rd (2) Party: Democrat Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso Counties in district: El Paso |
(1) Retired high school teacher. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
(2) Miss Maude Isaacks, in special election 3/6/1954, sworn 3/15/1954, succeeded Samuel J. Isaacks, resigned 1/28/1954. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Biographical Information top
Selected newspaper articlesBiographical Sketches
- Photo and biographical sketch (Maud Isaacks). With Anita Blair, one of the first two women to serve in the Texas House from the same district at the same time. First woman to succeed a father (Samuel Jackson Isaacks) in the legislature, in 1954. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
- ISAACKS, MAUD (ca. 1885-1980). Relatives: Samuel Jackson Isaacks - father, Maud Isaacks - daughter. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Eula Maud Isaacks, Guide to MS123 Maud Isaacks Papers, 1/27/2020. C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department. The University of Texas at El Paso Library.
Other Resources
- Obituary and photo, "Services Scheduled for Maud Isaacks," 1/24/1980, p. C-2. El Paso Herald Post.
- Obituary and photo, "Former Legislator Isaacks Dies," 1/24/1980, p. 1B. El Paso Times.
- Maud Isaacks, birth date 10/26/1885, death date 1/22/1980, photos, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, next to father Samuel Jackson Isaacks. Find a Grave.
- Mentioned in Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade.
Photographs
- Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
- Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, 54th 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.
- 55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
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59th R.S. - 1965
Constitutional Amendments Education Penitentiaries Public Health School Districts (Vice Chair) | ||
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58th R.S. - 1963
Constitutional Amendments Counties Education (Vice Chair) Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections Public Health | ||
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57th R.S. - 1961
Education and Teacher Certification Labor Penitentiaries Public Health School Districts State Hospitals and Special Schools | ||
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56th R.S. - 1959
Claims and Accounts Education Penitentiaries Public Health | ||
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55th R.S. - 1957
Congressional and Legislative Districts Education (Vice Chair) Penitentiaries School Districts State Hospitals and Special Schools | ||
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54th R.S. - 1955
Education Penitentiaries Public Health School Districts (Vice Chair) State Hospitals and Special Schools | ||
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53rd R.S. - 1953
Common Carriers Education Labor Privileges, Suffrage and Elections State Hospitals and Special Schools |
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