Terms of Service

• Senate, 50th & 49th Legislatures
  1/9/1945 - 1/11/1949
  Democrat
  
• House, 48th Legislature
  1/12/1943 - 1/9/1945
  Democrat
  
• House, 47th Legislature
  1/14/1941 - 1/12/1943
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Jas. A. Stanford, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. James A. Stanford, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.A. Stanford, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.A. Stanford, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• James Alfred Stanford, birth date 2/26/1900, death date 5/19/1968, biographical sketch from A Century of Fraternity, Waco Masonic Lodge #92; Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum, Pflugerville, Travis County. Find a Grave .
• Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News .
• Memorial, September 1968, p. 800. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 50th R.S. - 1947
• Banking  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education  
• Finance  
• Insurance (Vice Chair) 
• Interstate Cooperation (Chair) 
• Nominations of Governor  
• Privileges and Elections  
• State Institutions and Departments (Chair) 
• 49th R.S. - 1945
• Banking  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Education  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance  
• Internal Improvements  
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair) 
• Public Lands and Land Office (Vice Chair) 
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Claims and Accounts  
• Game and Fisheries  
• Highways and Roads  
• Insurance  
• Judiciary and Uniform State Laws  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Appropriations  
• Claims and Accounts  
• Judiciary  
• Labor  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions, Investigation