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Thomas Mason Hicks

Tom Hicks
Full Name: Thomas Mason "Tom" Hicks
Birth date: August 30, 1885
Death date: January 26, 1974

Terms of Service

  • 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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

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Other Resources

  • Census of 1930 - Tom M. Hicks, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, age 45, born circa 1885 in Louisiana, music teacher, boarder in the home of Homer McPhail. FamilySearch .
  • Thomas Mason Hicks, birth date 8/30/1885; permanent home address Gilmer, Upshur County; music teacher; nearest relative William W. Hicks of Minden, Louisiana; draft registration 9/12/1918 in Gilmer, Upshur County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 .
  • Thomas Mason Hicks, birth date 8/30/1885 in Webster Parish, Louisiana; residence in Grand Saline, Van Zandt County; self-employed; draft registration 4/27/1942 in Van Zandt County, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 .
  • Thomas M. Hicks (1885-1974), burial in Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County. Find a Grave .
  • Obituary, "Funeral Rites for Tom Hicks in Grand Saline," 1/31/1974, p. 1. Thomas Hicks, "former state legislator and Grand Saline resident . . . native of Shangaloo, La." Died in Shreveport, La., interment in Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Texas. Grand Saline Sun .
  • Obituary, Thomas M. Hicks, Shreveport Times, 1/27/1974, p. 14. Death date Saturday 1/26/1974 in Shreveport, funeral services in Grand Saline, native of Webster Parish, "music teacher and former Texas state legislator." Newspapers.com .
  • "Three Blind Lawmakers in Texas Legislature," Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, 6/23/1933, p. 3, crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • 43rd Legislature (1933) - Tom M. Hicks, postoffice Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, nativity Louisiana, age 47, musician. Texas Legislative Manual .

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