Terms of Service

• House, 30th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1907 - 12/12/1907
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 17th ^{(1) (5)} Legislature
  1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 16th ^{(2) (3) (6) (7)} Legislature
  1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
  Unaffiliated
  

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Independent, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) John M. Duncan was the independent candidate for senator of the 7th district, 10/13/1878, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(4) Duncan resigned 12/12/1907. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(6) 16th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/14/1879, p. 3. Senate Journal .
(7) Bio states Duncan was elected as an Independent Democrat. Roster lists party as Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 35th Legislature, 1st C.S., 4/24/1917, p. 46. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. J.M. Duncan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. John M. Duncan, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, pp. 268, 271. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
• DUNCAN, JOHN MARTIN (1851-1917). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Portrait and biographical sketch, John M. Duncan, pp. 497-502. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
• Biographical sketch, p. 241. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.

Committee Information

• 30th R.S. - 1907
• New York American, Investigate  
• Common Carriers  
• Judiciary  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure (Chair) 
• Revenue and Taxation  
• Rules  
• 17th R.S. - 1881
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Contingent Expenses (Chair) 
• Engrossed Bills  
• Federal Relations  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Military Affairs  
• Penitentiaries  
• Private Land Claims  
• Public Debt  
• Statistics of Industries, Public Health, and History of Texas  
• 16th R.S. - 1879
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Land Forgeries  
• Land Frauds  
• Military Affairs  
• Penitentiary  
• Privileges and Elections (Chair) 
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Claims and Accounts  
• Public Debt  
• Revision of Code