Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Joseph Norwin Chapman

Full Name: Joseph Norwin "Joe" Chapman
Birth date: May 18, 1908
Death date: March 9, 1972

Terms of Service

House, 59th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
Elected but never sworn
Democrat
House, 58th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/8/1963 - 1/10/1965
Democrat
House, 57th Legislature
1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
Democrat
House, 56th Legislature
1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
Democrat
House, 55th Legislature
1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
Democrat
House, 54th Legislature
1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
Democrat
House, 53rd Legislature
1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
Democrat

(1) 59th Legislature - Chapman elected, but never sworn. Appointed Judge of the Eighth Judicial District by Governor John Connally, 1/11/1965, Press Memorandum, Office of the Governor. Legislative Clipping Service .
(2) Neal Solomon, in special election 2/13/1965, sworn 2/22/1965, succeeded Joe N. Chapman, resigned 1/10/1965. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Sworn 11/26/1962. Oaths of Office .
(4) 59th Legislature, Cumulative Supplement - elected to 59th Legislature, but did not qualify by taking the Oath of Office. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 140. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
62nd Legislature, 2nd C.S., HCR 12. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe N. Chapman, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Joseph N. Chapman, birth date 5/18/1908, death date 3/9/1972 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, district judge/lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
United States Navy, Commander, World War II. Military grave marker, Joseph Norwin Chapman (1908-1972), burial in Tira Cemetery, Tira, Hopkins County. Find a Grave .
Memorial, May 1972, p. 475. Texas Bar Journal .
United States Navy, Lieutenant Commander. " . . . Judge Chapman was an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission in Washington from 1940 to 1941. During those years, he served for four and a half years in Naval Intelligence on the East Coast, being separated from the service as a lieutenant commander." Memorial, May 1972, p. 475. Texas Bar Journal .
Mentioned in Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade .