Terms of Service

• House, 39th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/13/1925 - 8/20/1925
  Democrat
  
• House, 38th Legislature
  1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
  Democrat
  
• House, 37th Legislature
  1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
  Democrat
  

(1) 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.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 40th Legislature, R.S., 1/13/1927, p. 38. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. R.M. Chitwood, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. R.M. Chitwood, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. R.M. Chitwood, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Richard Mortimer Chitwood, birth date 2/9/1898 in Alabama; death date 11/21/1926 in Dallas, Texas; bus. manager Texas Tech College. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Richard Mortimer Chitwood (1878-1926), burial in Sweetwater Cemetery, Sweetwater, Nolan County. Includes obituary from The Daily News-Telegram, Sulphur Springs, 11/22/1926. Find a Grave .
• "Toreador Prints Chitwood Memorial Edition," Sunday Avalanche-Journal, 11/28/1926. p. 2. "Richard Coeur d' Lion of history was no more truly big hearted than was Richard Mortimer Chitwood." Lubbock Avalanche-Journal .
• Obituary, "Lubbock Today Says Farewell to Chitwood," "A Loss to Texas and to Tech College," 11/23/1926, pp. 1, 5. Lubbock Morning Avalanche .

Committee Information

• 39th R.S. - 1925
• Appropriations  
• Education (Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Penitentiaries  
• Penitentiary Investigating Committee (Chair) 
• 38th R.S. - 1923
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Education (Chair) 
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
• 37th R.S. - 1921
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education (Vice Chair) 
• Institutions of Higher Education, Survey of  
• Penitentiaries  
• Penitentiary Investigating  
• Public Lands and Buildings