Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Joseph Marion Kirk

Full Name: Joseph Marion Kirk
Birth date: October 20, 1831
Death date: September 3, 1911

Terms of Service

House, 25th Legislature
1/12/1897 - 1/10/1899
Democrat
House, 23rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat
House, 22nd ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat

(1) District 44 comprised of Lavaca county, p. 28, Acts of 1892, 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 21, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) Home postoffice, Schulenburg [in Fayette county]. House Journal .
(4) Home postoffice, Schulenburg [in Fayette county]. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

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

Other Resources

Joseph Marion Kirk, birth date 10/24/1833 in Lauderdale County, Alabama; death in Schulenberg, Fayette County, Texas. No death date listed. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
James M. Kirk, birth date 10/20/1831, death date 9/3/1911, burial in Schulenburg City Cemetery, Schulenburg, Fayette County, with spouse Juriah F. Kirk. Includes obituary from Schulenberg Sticker, 9/8/1911. Find a Grave .
Portrait and biographical sketch, Joseph Marion Kirk, p. 629. Born 10/30/1832 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, married Juriah Middlebrook 1/19/1855. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Obituary, "J.M. Kirk Dead," and resolutions of respect, Schulenburg Sticker, 9/8/1911, p. 7, crediting the Schulenburg Public Library. Birth date 10/20/1831, death date Sunday (9/3/1911), "member of 23d and 25th Legislatures, representing Lavaca County," burial to be at City Cemetery. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Joseph M. Kirk, pp. 103-104. Born 10/30/1832 in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.