Terms of Service

• Senate, 38th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
  Democrat
  

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1924 due to redistricting. Act approved 1921 and effective Apr. 1, 1924, 37th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 60, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) 38th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922, oath of office administered, 1/9/1923, p. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 38th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, "On Members of the Senate," pp. 325-326. Senate Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. J.W. Thomas, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• John William Thomas, Sr., birth date 2/12/1884 in Texas; death date 1/8/1971 in Temple, Bell County; usual residence in Belton, Bell County; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Memorial, March 1971, p. 289. Texas Bar Journal .
• Biographical sketch, John W. Thomas, Volume IV, p. 30. Born 2/12/1884 in Polk County, Texas; "known as the author of the Thomas Electrocution Law, now on the Texas statutes." Texas Under Many Flags 1930.

Committee Information

• 38th R.S. - 1923
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Educational Affairs  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Insurance and Banking  
• Nominations by the Governor (Vice Chair) 
• Public Lands and Land Office (Chair)