Terms of Service

• House, 54th Legislature
  1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
  Democrat
  
• House, 51st Legislature
  1/11/1949 - 1/9/1951
  Democrat
  
• House, 48th Legislature
  1/12/1943 - 1/9/1945
  Democrat
  
• House, 47th Legislature
  1/14/1941 - 1/12/1943
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Capt. J.A. Benton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.A. Benton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.A. Benton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.A. [Capt.] Benton, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Jonas A. Benton, birth date 10/26/1882, death date 2/7/1960. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• United States Army, Captain, World War I. Jonas Alfred Benton. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin) .
• United States Army, Captain (Retired). Photo in military uniform. "Capt. J.A. Benton Is Being Urged to Make Race," 2/26/1940, p. 1. McKinney Courier-Gazette .
• Obituary, "Capt. J.A. Benton Passes Away in Veterans Hospital," 2/8/1960, p. 8. Birth date 10/26/1882, death date 2/7/1960, former legislator from Collin County. McKinney Courier-Gazette .

Committee Information

• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Aeronautics  
• Highways and Roads  
• Labor  
• Military and Veteran's Affairs  
• Penitentiaries  
• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Highways and Roads  
• Interstate Cooperation (Chair) 
• Labor  
• Military and Veteran's Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Labor  
• Military Affairs (Chair) 
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Common Carriers  
• Employment of War Veterans in State Departments, Special  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Labor  
• Labor Department, Investigation, Special  
• Military Affairs (Vice Chair)