Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Manley Head

Full Name: James Manley Head
Birth date: February 16, 1909
Death date: August 17, 1992

Terms of Service

Senate, 46th ⁽³⁾ & 45th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1937 - 1/14/1941
Democrat
House, 44th Legislature
1/8/1935 - 1/12/1937
Democrat
House, 43rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
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 .
(2) 45th Legislature - Oath of Office Administered to Senators-Elect, 1/12/1937, p. 2. Senate Journal .
(3) 46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fifth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-sixth Legislature," 1/10/1939, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

72nd Legislature, 4th C.S., HCR 24. Resolutions - Memorial .
72nd Legislature, 4th C.S., SR 23, 11/17/1992, pp. 28-29. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. J. Manley Head, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J. Manley Head, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J. Manley Head, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J. Manley Head, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Memorial, April 1993, p. 412. Texas Bar Journal .
Head, James Manley. Texas State Cemetery .
Biographical information (youngest in the Senate at 27), extensive profile and quotations from Senator J. Manley Head - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 9, 14-17. The Legislature and the Texas People 1937.