Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Jonathan Faulk

Full Name: James Jonathan Faulk
Birth date: February 12, 1851
Death date: July 16, 1935

Terms of Service

Senate, 29th ⁽³⁾ & 28th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1903 - 1/8/1907
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 3/26/1906, 2nd C.S.
House, 17th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(2) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 29th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.J. Faulk, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. J.J. Faulk, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.J. Faulk, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary (partial), "J.J. Faulk, Lawyer, Educator, Author, Is Dead at Athens," 7/17/1935, p. 1. Continuation not found in July 17 issue. Dallas Morning News .
James Jonathan Faulk, birth date 2/12/1851 in Monroe, Louisiana, death date 7/16/1935 in Athens, Henderson County, Texas, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
J.J. Faulk (1851-1935), burial in City Cemetery, Athens, Henderson County, including obituary of James J. Faulk from Monroe News-Star (Louisiana), 7/17/1935. Find a Grave .
Portrait and biographical sketch of the author, J.J. Faulk, pp. 321-322. "In politics, I [Faulk] am a life-long Democrat." History of Henderson County Texas: Recording Names of Early Pioneers, Their Struggles and Handicaps, Condition and Appearance of the County, Advancement and Progress to the Present 1929.
Wedding announcement of Hon. J.J. Faulk and Genie Beaty in Athens Journal, 4/9/1881, republished in Athens Weekly Review, 6/28/1923. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project .
Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project .