Jesse M. Combs
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Jesse Martin Combs was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Texas
Texas
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Born in Center, Texas
Center, Texas
Center is a city in Shelby County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,678 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Shelby County...

, Combs attended the public schools and graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1912. He was admitted to the bar
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 in 1918 and commenced practice in Kountze, Texas
Kountze, Texas
Kountze is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,115 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hardin County. The city is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area....

. He served as
county judge of Hardin County, Texas (1919–1920). He served as district judge of the Seventy-fifth
75th United States Congress
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 district (1923–1925). He served as associate justice of the ninth court of civil appeals (1933–1943). He served as member and president of the board of trustees of South Park Schools (1926–1940). He served as president of the board of trustees of Lamar College (1940–1944).

Combs was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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 to the Seventy-ninth
79th United States Congress
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 and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1952. He returned to Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...

, where he died August 21, 1953. He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.
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