Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James M. Terrell

Full Name: James M. Terrell
Birth date: October 19, 1870
Death date: March 6, 1926

Terms of Service

Senate, 31st ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ & 30th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1907 - 1/10/1911
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/12/1909, Regular Session.
Senate, 29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/10/1905 - 1/8/1907
Democrat

(1) James M. Terrell, in special election 11/8/1904, succeeded James R. Wilson, died after 1st Called Session, 28th Legislature. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Lists Texarkana/Bowie County for James M. Terrell. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 30th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) 29th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(6) "Place of residence" Daingerfield (Morris County). Senate Journal .
(7) "Place of residence" Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County). Senate Journal .
(8) Postoffice Daingerfield, Morris County. Texas Legislative Manual .
(9) Postoffice Texarkana, Bowie County. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

40th Legislature, R.S., Simple Resolution 58, 2/14/1927, p. 327. "In 1908 he removed to Texarkana where he practiced law until 1911 when he removed to Dallas where he resided until his untimely death." Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

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

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Centennial 1907-2007." Court of Appeals for the Sixth District of Texas .
Census of 1900 - James M. Terrell, Morris County, age 30, born October 1870 in Texas, lawyer/county attorney, son of John and Lucy A. Terrell. FamilySearch .
J.M. Terrell, birth date 10/19/1870 in Daingerfield, death date 3/6/1926 in Glen Rose, Somervell County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
J.M. Terrell (1870-1926), burial in Daingerfield Cemetery, Daingerfield, Morris County, with spouse Daisy Connor Terrell. Find a Grave .
"Terrell to Succeed Wilson," 8/23/1904, p. 3. " . . . Morris County has presented the name of J.M. Terrell of Daingerfield as a candidate to succeed the late Senator J.R. Wilson of the first. Terrell is a lawyer, and his county claims the Senatorship." Galveston Daily News .
From Daingerfield in 1907; in 1909 from Texarkana, Bowie County, 1 dist., age 38, born in Texas, lawyer, Democrat. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Obituary, "Judge Terrell Was Buried at Daingerfield," 3/11/1926, p. 4. Born 10/19/1870 in Morris County; former State Senator. McKinney Weekly Democrat-Gazette .
James M. Terrell. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Memorial, April 1926, p. 225. J.M. Terrell, birth date 10/19/1870, death date 3/6/1926. Texas Law Review Proceedings of the . . . Annual Meeting of the Texas Bar Association .