Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Maud Isaacks

Full Name: Eula Maud Isaacks
Birth date: October 26, 1885
Death date: January 22, 1980

Terms of Service

House, 59th Legislature
1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
Democrat
House, 58th Legislature
1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
Democrat
House, 57th Legislature
1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
Democrat
House, 56th Legislature
1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
Democrat
House, 55th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
Democrat
House, 54th Legislature
1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
Democrat
House, 53rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
3/15/1954 - 1/11/1955
Democrat

(1) Miss Maude Isaacks, in special election 3/6/1954, sworn 3/15/1954, succeeded Samuel J. Isaacks, resigned 1/28/1954. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Retired high school teacher. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Miss Maud Isaacks, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Photo and biographical sketch (Maud Isaacks). With Anita Blair, one of the first two women to serve in the Texas House from the same district at the same time. First woman to succeed a father (Samuel Jackson Isaacks) in the legislature, in 1954. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
Obituary and photo, "Services Scheduled for Maud Isaacks," 1/24/1980, p. C-2. El Paso Herald Post .
Obituary and photo, "Former Legislator Isaacks Dies," 1/24/1980, p. 1B. El Paso Times .
Maud Isaacks, birth date 10/26/1885, death date 1/22/1980, photos, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, next to father Samuel Jackson Isaacks. Find a Grave .
ISAACKS, MAUD (ca. 1885-1980). Relatives: Samuel Jackson Isaacks - father, Maud Isaacks - daughter. Handbook of Texas Online .
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 .
Eula Maud Isaacks, Guide to MS123 Maud Isaacks Papers, 1/27/2020. C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department. The University of Texas at El Paso Library .