Harold Kayton

Harold Kayton

Full Name: Harold Kayton
Date of birth: May 25, 1891
Date of death: July 11, 1981

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 78-4 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-4 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-4 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-4 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 78-4 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar

(1) Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 78-4
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-4
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-4
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-4
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar
House District 78-4
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
Legislatures: 39th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

(1) Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/20/1929, p. 4. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Military Service Notes

Other Resources

  • Harold Kayton, death date 7/11/1981 in Bexar County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998.
  • Harold Kayton, birth date 5/25/1891, death date 7/11/1981, burial in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County. Find a Grave.
  • Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

43rd R.S. - 1933
Appropriations (Vice Chair) 
Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair) 
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Reductions in State Appropriations, Special (Chair) 
Revenue and Taxation  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Appropriations  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Military Affairs (Chair) 
Revenue and Taxation  
41st R.S. - 1929
Appropriations  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Military Affairs (Chair) 
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Revenue and Taxation  
40th R.S. - 1927
Federal Relations  
Game and Fisheries  
Military Affairs  
Municipal and Private Corporations (Vice Chair) 
Revenue and Taxation  
39th R.S. - 1925
Commerce and Manufacturing (Vice Chair) 
Labor  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
State Affairs  

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