Terms of Service

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

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 57th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 58. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. J. Alton York, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J. Alton York, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J. Alton York, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J. Alton York, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Obituary, "J. Alton York, Ex-Senator, Dies in Dallas," 1/28/1962, p. 1. Former state senator from Bryan. Bryan Eagle .
• Joseph Alton York, birth date 7/30/1904, death date 1/27/1962 in Dallas, Dallas County, attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• J. Alton York, birth date 7/30/1904, death date 1/27/1962, newspaper photo, burial in Giddings City Cemetery, Giddings, Lee County. Find a Grave .
• Memorial, April 1962, p. 345. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 50th R.S. - 1947
• Aeronautics  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) 
• Finance  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance (Chair) 
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Health  
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair) 
• 49th R.S. - 1945
• Aeronautics (Chair) 
• Agriculture  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Engrossed Bills (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Affairs  
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Banking  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Congressional Districts  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Education (Vice Chair) 
• Game and Fish  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance  
• Internal Improvements (Chair) 
• Judicial Districts  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Public Health  
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Affairs  
• State Departments and Institutions (Vice Chair) 
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Agriculture  
• Council of State Governments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance  
• Interstate Cooperation (Chair) 
• Judicial Districts (Vice Chair) 
• Nominations of Governor (Vice Chair) 
• Penitentiaries  
• Towns and City Corporations