Terms of Service

• House, 49th Legislature
  1/9/1945 - 1/14/1947
  Democrat
  
• 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
  
• House, 45th Legislature
  1/12/1937 - 1/10/1939
  Democrat
  
• House, 44th Legislature
  1/8/1935 - 1/12/1937
  Democrat
  
• House, 43rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
  Democrat
  
• House, 42nd Legislature
  1/13/1931 - 1/10/1933
  Democrat
  
• House, 41st Legislature
  1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
  Democrat
  
• House, 40th Legislature
  1/11/1927 - 1/8/1929
  Democrat
  
• House, 39th Legislature
  1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
  Democrat
  

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. C.E. Nicholson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. C.E. Nicholson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. C.E. Nicholson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. C.E. Nicholson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. C.E. Nicholson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. C.E. Nicholson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. C.E. Nicholson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. C.E. Nicholson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. C.E. Nicholson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. C.E. Nicholson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Census of 1930 - Carl E. Nicholson, Precinct No. 7, Port Neches, Jefferson County, chief clerk/oil refinery, age 41, born in Indiana. FamilySearch .
• Carl Edmund Nicholson, birth date 11/14/1888 in Indiana, death date 1/16/1964 in Port Arthur, Jefferson County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Obituary, 1/19/1964, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
• C.E. Nicholson, oilman, age 40 in 1929, born in Indiana. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
• Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People 1937.

Committee Information

• 49th R.S. - 1945
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Judicial Districts  
• Municipal and Private Corporations (Chair) 
• Oil, Gas, and Mining  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Banks and Banking  
• Enrolled Bills  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Oil, Gas, and Mining  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Federal Relations  
• Municipal and Private Corporations (Chair) 
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Federal Relations  
• Municipal and Private Corporations (Chair) 
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 45th R.S. - 1937
• Banks and Banking  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Enrolled Bills  
• Federal Relations  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• 44th R.S. - 1935
• Common Carriers  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Liquor Traffic  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Banks and Banking  
• Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) 
• Common Carriers  
• Oil, Gas, and Mining  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 42nd R.S. - 1931
• Common Carriers  
• Conservation and Reclamation (Chair) 
• Labor  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Municipal and Private Corporations (Chair) 
• Oil, Gas and Mining (Vice Chair) 
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 40th R.S. - 1927
• Labor  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Rules (Chair) 
• Tax Survey Committee  
• 39th R.S. - 1925
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Vice Chair) 
• Labor  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Sale of State Property, Investigate