Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Monroe Alderdice

Full Name: James Monroe Alderdice
Birth date: January 14, 1863
Death date: January 3, 1930

Terms of Service

Senate, 36th ⁽²⁾ & 35th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
1/9/1917 - 1/11/1921
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/5/1919, 1st C.S.
House, 30th Legislature
1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat
House, 29th Legislature
1/10/1905 - 1/8/1907
Democrat
House, 28th Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat

(1) 35th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 7, 1916, oath of office administered, 1/9/1917, pp. 2-3. Senate Journal .
(2) 36th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/14/1919, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

41st Legislature, 4th C.S., 2/6/1930, p. 127. Death date 1/2/1930. Resolutions - Memorial .
41st Legislature, 4th C.S., Simple Resolution 26, 2/7/1930, p. 92. Death date 1/3/1930. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. J.M. Alderdice, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Alderdice, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Alderdice, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Alderdice, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Hon. J.M. Alderdice, birth date 1/14/1863 in Kentucky, death date 1/3/1930 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, planter. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
J.M. Alderdice, birth date 1/14/1863, death date 1/3/1930, burial in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Ellis County. Includes portrait, reprint of obituary from Waxahachie Daily Light, 1/3/1930. Find a Grave .
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) .
Obituary, James Monroe Alderdice, "Death Claims Former Sen. J.M. Alderdice," 1/3/1930, p. 1. Funeral, "Former Sen. Alderdice Is Buried Here," 1/4/1930, p. 1. Waxahachie Daily Light .