Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Jefferson Strickland

Full Name: James Jefferson Strickland
Birth date: September 13, 1882
Death date: July 5, 1938

Terms of Service

Senate, 36th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ & 35th ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
1/9/1917 - 10/2/1920
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/14/1919, Regular Session.
House, 31st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/12/1909 - 1/10/1911
Democrat
House, 30th Legislature
1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.
(2) Strickland resigned 10/2/1920. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 35th Legislature - 1/9/1917, p. 2, listed as "member-elect" in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 7, 1916. Senate Journal .
(4) 36th Legislature - 1/14/1919, p. 1, listed in Roll Call of Holdover Senators. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 7, 1/10/1939, pp. 15-16. Jeff J. Strickland. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. J.J. Strickland, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.J. Strickland, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.J. Strickland, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.J. Strickland, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, "J.J. Strickland Dies; Had Held State Offices: Texas' Ex-Secretary, Counsel for Theaters, Insurance Man, Passes," Dallas News, July 6, 1938. Card File .
Biographical sketch, pp. 397-400. Centennial History of Anderson County Texas, Showing the Development of this Important County. . . 1936.
James Jefferson Strickland (on grave marker), birth date 9/13/1882 in Arkansas, death date 7/5/1938, photo, interment in Palestine City Cemetery, Anderson County. Find a Grave .
James Jefferson Strickland. 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," 3/22/1917, p. 6. Houston Post .
Jeff J. Strickland. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Brief vignettes on members of the 30th Legislature, "Kodaks by the Chaplain," Houston Post, 5/12/1907, p. 6, col. 6, crediting UNT Libraries. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Memorial, August 1938, p. 261. Texas Bar Journal .