Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Edward Cox

Full Name: James Edward Cox, Sr.
Birth date: February 9, 1921
Death date: October 30, 1979

Terms of Service

House, 55th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/8/1957 - 3/3/1957
Democrat
House, 54th Legislature
1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
Democrat

(1) Final report of House Investigating Committee, 1957, House Charges Against Representative James E. Cox, Investigation, Special. House Journal .
(2) Progress report of the Investigating Committee appointed pursuant to H.S.R. no. 204, 1957, House Charges Against Representative James E. Cox, Investigation, Special. House Journal .
(3) Hearing, 1957, House Charges Against Representative James E. Cox, Investigation, Special. House Journal .
(4) Harold H. Coley, in special election 4/20/1957, sworn 4/27/1957, succeeded James E. Cox, resigned 3/3/1957. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Accountant. "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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. James E. Cox, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James E. Cox, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

United States Navy, Yeoman 2nd Class, World War II. Military grave marker, James Edward Cox, Sr., birth date 2/9/1921, death date 10/30/1979, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Conroe, Montgomery County. Find a Grave .