Jesse M. Combs

Who was Jesse M. Combs?

Jesse Martin Combs was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Born in Center, Texas, Combs attended the public schools and graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1912. He was admitted to the bar in 1918 and commenced practice in Kountze, Texas. He served as county judge of Hardin County, Texas. He served as district judge of the Seventy-fifth district. He served as associate justice of the ninth court of civil appeals. He served as member and president of the board of trustees of South Park Schools. He served as president of the board of trustees of Lamar College.

Combs was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1952. He was suceeded by Jack Brooks. He returned to Beaumont, Texas, where he died August 21, 1953. He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.