Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Christopher Hall

Full Name: James Christopher Hall, Sr.
Birth date: September 21, 1877
Death date: July 24, 1957

Terms of Service

House, 40th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/11/1927 - 1/8/1929
Democrat
House, 39th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
9/13/1926 - 1/11/1927
Democrat

(1) LORAINE, TEXAS. "Loraine is on U.S. Highway 20/80, Farm Road 644, and the Missouri Pacific line, ten miles east of Colorado City and fifty-eight miles west of Abilene in northeastern Mitchell County." Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) Colorado. House Journal .
(3) District No. 117 - J.E. Hall of Colorado, Texas. Date of special election, 1/2/1926. "Hall of Mitchell," 39th 1st C.S., 9/13/1926, pp. 1-2. House Journal .
(4) J.C. Hall, in special election 1/2/1926, sworn 9/13/1926, succeeded Richard M. Chitwood, resigned 8/20/1925. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Colorado. Texas Legislative Manual .
Texas Legislative Manual
(6) Assumed Democrat based on listing as a Democrat in the 40th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.C. Hall, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, J.C. Hall, Sr., "Judge Hall, 79, Former Mitchell Judge, Dies," 7/25/1957, p. 27. "He served in the State Legislature as a representative of the 117th District from 1925 to 1929." Abilene Reporter-News .
Census of 1920 - James C. Hall, Colorado City, Mitchell County, age 42, born circa 1878 in Texas, county judge.
Census of 1930 - James C. Hall, Loraine, Mitchell County, age 52, born circa 1878 in Texas, bank president. FamilySearch . 1930 1920
James Christopher Hall, Sr., birth date 9/21/1877, death date 7/24/1957 in Dallas, Dallas County, Vice-President, First State Bank. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
J.C. Hall (1877-1957), burial in Loraine Cemetery, Loraine, Mitchell County. Includes reprint of obituary from Abilene Reporter News, 7/25/1957. Find a Grave .
Memorial, April 1958, p. 272. Texas Bar Journal .
40th Legislature (1927) - J.C. Hall, postoffice Colorado, nativity Texas, age 49, occupation: investments, member former legislatures: Special Session 39th. Texas Legislative Manual .