Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Ernest Calvin Cox

Full Name: Ernest Calvin Cox
Birth date: April 15, 1896
Death date: May 17, 1957

Terms of Service

House, 41st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/8/1929 - 8/26/1929
Democrat
House, 40th Legislature
1/11/1927 - 1/8/1929
Democrat
House, 39th Legislature
1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
Democrat

(1) Resignation filed with Secretary of State 8/26/1929. "Representative Ernest C. Cox Resigns Place," 8/27/1929, p. 1; "Ernest Cox Named State Commander American Legion" and "Cox Resigned From Legislature Recently, 8/30/1929, p. 7. Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light .
(2) Sam H. Allred, in special election 10/22/1929, sworn 1/20/1930, succeeded Ernest C. Cox, resigned after 3rd C.S. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Ernest C. Cox, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ernest C. Cox, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ernest C. Cox, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Death notice, 5/20/1957, p. 12. Ernest Cox, "former member of the House of Representatives from Navarro and Hill County," funeral in Cleburne. Austin Statesman .
State Commander, American Legion. "Ernest Cox Named State Commander American Legion," 8/30/1929, p. 7. Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light .
Ernest Calvin Cox, birth date 4/15/1896; death date 5/17/1957 in Houston, Harris County; life insurance, Royal Life Ins. Co. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
United States Army, Private 1st Class, Company A, 159th Infantry, World War I; Central MG OT School Camp. Ernest Calvin Cox, birth date 4/15/1896 in Ozro, Texas; residence in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin) .
Major QM-RES, World War I, Arkansas. Military grave marker, Ernest Calvin Cox, birth date 4/15/1896, death date 5/17/1957, burial in Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/31/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch .
41st Legislature (1929) - Ernest C. Cox, postoffice Corsicana, nativity Texas, age 32, Asst. State Adj. American Legion, member of former legislatures: 39th-40th. Texas Legislative Manual .