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Joseph Charles Whitfield

J. Charles Whitfield, Jr.
Full Name: Joseph Charles "Whit" Whitfield, Jr.
Birth date: December 16, 1921
Death date: July 12, 1997

Terms of Service

  • House, 59th Legislature
    1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
    Democrat
  • House, 58th (1) 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
(1) Sworn 11/23/1962. Oaths of Office .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Joseph Charles Whitfield, Jr., death date 7/12/1997 in Harris County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 .
  • United States Navy, Lieutenant, World War II and Korean War. Military grave marker, Joseph C. Whitfield, Jr. (1921-1997), burial in Houston National Cemetery. Find a Grave .
  • Obituary, J. Charles "Charlie" Whitfield, Jr., 7/13/1997, p. 40, "State Representative from Harris County, Texas for eight years." Houston Chronicle .
  • Mentioned in biographical sketch of Barbara Jordan, p. 181. Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington 2004.
  • Memorial, April 1998, p. 405. Joseph Charles Whitfield. Texas Bar Journal .
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