Terms of Service

• House, 48th Legislature
  1/12/1943 - 1/9/1945
  Democrat
  
• House, 47th Legislature
  1/14/1941 - 1/12/1943
  Democrat
  
• House, 46th Legislature
  1/10/1939 - 1/14/1941
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. DeWitt Kinard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. DeWitt Kinard, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. DeWitt Kinard, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Kinard, Dewitt Edward. Texas State Cemetery .
• Back of headstone reads: "Served in Texas Legislature, 1939 - 1943 Resigned to enter Armed Services World War II." Texas State Cemetery .
• United States Navy, World War II. "Resigned from the House of Representatives to volunteer and serve in the U.S. Navy. Honorably discharged in November 1945, after two years duty." "DeWitt Kinard, Port Arthur, in Congress Race," 5/15/1952, pp. 1, 6. The Liberty Vindicator .
• Biographical sketch and photo, "DeWitt Kinard, Port Arthur, in Congress Race," 5/15/1952, pp. 1, 6. The Liberty Vindicator .

Committee Information

• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Banks and Banking  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Insurance (Chair) 
• Local and Uncontested Bills  
• Oil, Gas, and Mining  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Banks and Banking  
• Congressional and Legislative Districts (Chair) 
• Defense and Industrialization (Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Game and Fisheries  
• Insurance  
• Insurance Rates  
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• Oil, Gas and Mining