Terms of Service

• House, 51st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/11/1949 - 8/29/1949
  Democrat
  

(1) McDonald resigned 8/29/1949. Shows middle initial D., but 51st House Journal shows John B. McDonald. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 51st Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 29. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. John B. McDonald, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• John B. McDonald, birth date 12/21/1921, death date 1/15/1998, last place of residence Anderson County, Texas. FamilySearch United States Social Security Death Index .
• John Bethune McDonald, birth date 12/21/1921 in Houston, student SHSTC, draft registration 2/16/1942 in Palestine, Anderson County. FamilySearch United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 .
• John Bethune McDonald, birth date 12/21/1921, death date 1/15/1998, burial in Neches Cemetery, Neches, Anderson County. Find a Grave .
• Memorial, November 1998, p. 1081. Texas Bar Journal .
• United States Maritime Service 1942-1943; United States Navy 1944-1946, "serving aboard a minesweeper in the South Pacific theater"; World War II. Obituary, "John B. McDonald Rites Set Sunday in Palestine," 1/17/1998, p. 4. Tyler Morning Telegraph .
• Obituary, "John B. McDonald Rites Set Sunday in Palestine," 1/17/1998, p. 4. Tyler Morning Telegraph .

Committee Information

• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Motor Traffic  
• Public Health  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions