Terms of Service

• Senate, 37th ^{(1) (7)} & 36th ⁽⁶⁾ Legislatures
  1/14/1919 - 5/18/1921
  Democrat
  Dean of the Senate.
  Dean of the Senate.
• Senate, 35th ⁽⁵⁾ & 34th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
  1/12/1915 - 1/14/1919
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 8/30/1917, 2nd C.S.
• Senate, 33rd ⁽³⁾ & 32nd ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1911 - 1/12/1915
  Democrat
  

(1) Hart Willis, sworn 7/18/1921, succeeded James C. McNealus, died 5/18/1921. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) 33rd Legislature - Roll Call, holdover Senators elected on 11/8/1910 for a full period of four years, 1/14/1913, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal .
(4) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1911, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(6) 36th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 5th, 1918, oath of office administered, 1/14/1919, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(7) 37th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1921, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 37th Legislature, 1st C.S., Simple Resolution 51, 8/15/1921, p. 405. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. J.C. McNealus, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.C. McNealus, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.C. McNealus, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.C. McNealus, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.C. McNealus, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.C. McNealus, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Obituary and tribute by Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald, editor of Fort Worth Record, "The Late Senator McNealus," 5/24/1921, p. 2. Corsicana Daily Sun .
• Mentioned in Eugene V. Debs, letters and abstracts, Covington Hall letter to Debs, 11/6/1919. "Writes that he met J. C. McNealus, one of the oldest members of the Texas legislature and editor of the DALLAS DEMOCRAT, who read him a an editorial..." Indiana State University, Cunningham Memorial Library 2007.
• Deaths of persons of prominence in Texas, J.C. McNealus, editor and State senator, at Dallas in May 1921. "News and Items," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 25, Number 2, October 1921, p. 149, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," The Houston Post, 3/22/1917, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Committee Information

• 37th R.S. - 1921
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Internal Improvements (Chair) 
• Labor (Chair) 
• Military Affairs  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Health (Vice Chair) 
• Representative Districts  
• State Affairs  
• Town and City Corporations  
• 36th R.S. - 1919
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Insurance and Banking  
• Internal Improvements  
• Labor  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• Public Printing  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 35th R.S. - 1917
• Central Investigating Committee  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Insurance and Banking  
• Internal Improvements  
• Labor  
• Public Debt, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Health  
• Public Printing  
• State Penitentiaries  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 34th R.S. - 1915
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Insurance, Statistics and History  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Labor (Chair) 
• Military Affairs  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• Public Printing  
• Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 33rd R.S. - 1913
• Congressional Districts  
• Internal Improvements  
• Labor  
• Military Affairs (Chair) 
• Public Health  
• Public Printing (Chair) 
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 32nd R.S. - 1911
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judicial Districts  
• Labor  
• Military Affairs  
• Prohibition Amendment Election held July 22, 1911, Investigation of  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Public Printing (Chair) 
• Rules  
• Towns and City Corporations