Terms of Service

• House, 29th ^{(1) (2) (4) (8)} Legislature
  1/10/1905 - 10/16/1905
  Democrat
  
• House, 28th Legislature
  1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 25th ⁽⁵⁾ & 24th ⁽⁶⁾ Legislatures
  1/8/1895 - 1/10/1899
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/30/1895, Regular Session; and 1st C.S.
• Senate, 23rd ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
  Democrat
  
• House, 9th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
  11/4/1861 - 1/14/1862
   
  

(1) 29th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 3/26/1906, p. 2. Notice of vacancies in the House due to resignations of Hon. W.B. Ware and Hon. A.L. Sharpe and deaths of Hon. J.D. Woods and Hon. Lon A. Hagan; elections and oaths of office of Thos. B. Peareson, Charles Davis, Jr., J.R. Bowman, and W.J. Mathis, sworn 3/26/1906. House Journal .
(2) William J. Mathis, in special election 2/3/1906, succeeded James D. Woods, died 10/16/1905. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Woods did not attend 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Governor ordered elections to fill vacancies caused by the "resignation of Hon. A.L. Sharpe, appointed collector of customs," "removal of W.B. Ware from Amarillo," and "the death of the late Judge J.D. Woods of Grayson county." "Fill Vacancies: Governor Takes Steps to Replace Retired Legislators . . . ," The Houston Post, 1/4/1906, p. 3. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) 25th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(6) 24th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(7) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal . January 10, 1893
January 11, 1893
(8) J.D. Woods (House district 35), postoffice Sherman, nativity Tennessee, lawyer, member of former Legislatures: 23rd, 24th, 25th Senate; 9th, 28th House, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 29th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 3/26/1906, p. 6; 4/3/1906, p. 117. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. J.D. Woods, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.D. Woods, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.D. Woods, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.D. Woods, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.D. Woods, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Confederate States Army, Captain, Company C, 16th Texas Dismounted Cavalry Regiment, from 2/22/1862. Birth date 10/24/1834 in Hickory Flats, Carroll County, Tennessee; death date 10/16/1905 in Sherman, Texas. "Postwar lawyer, Sherman Texas . . . ; state senator, 1892- ; state legislator, 1902-death." James Dinwiddie Woods, U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com .
• Obituary, Capt. J.D. Woods, Volume 14, Number 1, January 1906, p. 134. Confederate Veteran .
• J.D.W., Sr. (1834-1905), burial in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson County. Find a Grave .
• WOODS, JAMES D. (1834-1905). Handbook of Texas Online .
• J.D. Woods, mentioned in biographical sketch of son Le Grand J. Woods, p. 580. "To an enviable reputation as a criminal lawyer, J.D. Woods . . . has added the honors gained through his prominent services in both houses of the Texas Legislature." Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory 1895.
• Biographical sketch, James D. Woods, pp. 42-43. Born 10/24/1834 in Carroll County, Tennessee. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.

Committee Information

• 29th R.S. - 1905
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• State Affairs  
• State Asylums  
• 28th R.S. - 1903
• Beaumont Daily Journal, Investigate  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• State Affairs  
• State Asylums (Chair) 
• 25th R.S. - 1897
• Confederate Home and Southwestern Insane Asylum, Special  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Investigation Relative to Missing Amendment to S.B. No. 258 - Text-book Bill, Special  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Judiciary No. 2  
• Private Land Claims  
• Public Health  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
• State Affairs  
• State Asylums  
• Uniformity of Text-books, Special  
• 24th R.S. - 1895
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education  
• Federal Relations  
• Finance  
• Insurance, Statistics and History  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Judiciary No. 2  
• Penal Code and Code Criminal Procedure, Special  
• Penitentiaries (Chair) 
• Private Land Claims  
• Public Health  
• Public Printing  
• Roads and Bridges  
• State Affairs  
• State Asylums  
• 23rd R.S. - 1893
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• Judicial Districts  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Penitentiaries (Chair) 
• Public Health  
• Public Printing  
• State Asylums  
• Town and City Corporations  
• 9th R.S. - 1861
• Engrossed Bills  
• Private Land Claims