Terms of Service

• House, 47th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/14/1941 - 8/16/1942
  Democrat
  

(1) Hughes died 8/16/1942, on active military service, the first member of the legislature to die in World War II. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• Death mentioned in HSR 29, 48th Legislature, Regular Session, To provide for the singing of "America" each day, introduced, point of order sustained, 1/19/1943, p. 77. House Journal .
• 48th Legislature, R.S., HSR 5, 1/12/1943, pp. 34-36. Includes photo of Lieutenant Hughes in uniform. Resolutions - Memorial .
• United States Army Air Corps, Lieutenant, killed in action. "Lieutenant Hughes, a bombardier in the Army Air Corps, Pacific Theatre, was the first Texas legislator to lose his life in World War II." 48th Legislature, R.S., HSR 5, 1/12/1943, pp. 34-36. Includes photo in uniform. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Duncan S. Hughes, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• "Hughes died 8/16/1942, on active military service, the first member of the legislature to die in World War II." Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
• Memorial, November 1942, p. 434. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Common Carriers  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Game and Fisheries  
• Judicial Districts  
• Military Affairs