Penrose Metcalfe

Penrose Blakely Metcalfe

Full Name: Penrose Blakely Metcalfe
Date of birth: November 24, 1893
Date of death: March 6, 1970

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 25 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 14, 1947 48th   49th   Democrat San Angelo / Tom Green   Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green
S 25 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 12, 1943 46th (1)   47th   Democrat San Angelo / Tom Green   Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green
H 91 Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 45th   Democrat San Angelo / Tom Green   Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Sterling, Tom Green
H 91 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (2)   Democrat San Angelo / Tom Green   Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Sterling, Tom Green
H 91 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat San Angelo / Tom Green   Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Sterling, Tom Green
H 91 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat San Angelo / Tom Green   Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Sterling, Tom Green

(1) 46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-Elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1939, p. 8. Senate Journal.
(2) Ranching. 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

Senate District 25
Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 14, 1947
Legislatures: 48th   49th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Angelo / Tom Green
Counties in district: Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green
Senate District 25
Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 12, 1943
Legislatures: 46th (1)   47th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Angelo / Tom Green
Counties in district: Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green
House District 91
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 45th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Angelo / Tom Green
Counties in district: Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Sterling, Tom Green
House District 91
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (2)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Angelo / Tom Green
Counties in district: Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Sterling, Tom Green
House District 91
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Angelo / Tom Green
Counties in district: Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Sterling, Tom Green
House District 91
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Angelo / Tom Green
Counties in district: Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Reagan, Sterling, Tom Green

(1) 46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-Elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1939, p. 8. Senate Journal.
(2) Ranching. 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

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 48th Legislature, HCR 150. Relatives: Charles Metcalfe - father; Penrose Metcalfe - son. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/28/1929, p. 3. Houston Post-Dispatch.
  • Memorial, May 1970, p. 389. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

  • Penrose B./Blakely Metcalfe, birth date 11/24/1893 in San Angelo; residence in San Angelo, Tom Green County. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin). Penrose B. Metcalfe Penrose Blakely Metcalfe
  • Penrose Blakely Metcalfe, San Angelo, Tom Green County, birth date 11/24/1893, death date 3/6/1970. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
  • United States Army Signal Corps, 1st Lieutenant; and Captain, Air Corps; World War I. "He saw serve in World War I, enlisting in the Signal Corps in the aviation section in 1917. He was commissioned a first lieutenant the same year and was assigned to Kelly Field, Wright Field at Dayton, Ohio, and Bolling Field in Washington, D.C. successively. He became a pilot in the fall of 1918. He was discharged from the service as a captain in the Air Corps." San Angelo Standard-Times.
  • United States Army Signal Corps, Air Corps. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Other Resources

  • Penrose Blakeley Metcalfe, birth date 11/24/1893 in Texas; death date 5/6/1970 in San Angelo, Tom Green County; rancher, livestock; served in World War I. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Penrose B. Metcalfe, birth date 11/24/1893, death date 3/6/1970, burial in Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green County. Includes obituary from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3/8/1970, p. 14. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary and photo, "Penrose Metcalfe, Area Pioneer Dies," 3/7/1970, p. 1A, 2A. San Angelo Standard-Times.
  • 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.

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Committee Information top

49th R.S. - 1945
Agriculture  
Banking  
Congressional Districts  
Employment, Special  
Enrolled Bills  
Examine Enrolled Copy of HJR 13, Special  
Finance  
Flag Presentation to Mexican Army Aviation Squadron, Special  
Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair) 
Nominations of the Governor  
Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
Public Health  
Public Lands and Land Office  
Representative Districts  
Senatorial Districts  
Stock and Stock Raising  
Veterans' Affairs  
48th R.S. - 1943
Agricultural Affairs  
Assignment and Employment, Special (Chair) 
Contingent Expense  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Education  
Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) 
Enrolled Bills  
Finance  
Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair) 
Military Affairs (Chair) 
Public Health  
Public Lands and Land Office (Vice Chair) 
Representative Districts  
Rules  
Rural Aid, Special  
Stock and Stock Raising (Chair) 
Textbooks and The University of Texas, Investigation, Special and Interim (Chair) 
Towns and City Corporations  
47th R.S. - 1941
Agriculture  
Congressional Districts  
Constitutional Amendments  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Finance  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Labor  
Military Affairs (Chair) 
Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
Nominations of Governor  
Public Lands and Land Office  
Rules (Chair) 
Rural Aid Advisory, Special  
State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair) 
46th R.S. - 1939
Agriculture  
Congressional Districts (Vice Chair) 
Constitutional Amendments  
Finance  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Military Affairs (Chair) 
Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
Nominations of Governor  
Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
Public Lands and Land Office (Vice Chair) 
Rules  
State Institutions and Departments  
45th R.S. - 1937
Appropriations  
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Conservation and Reclamation (Vice Chair) 
Crude Oil Prices, Special  
Equalization Fund, Special  
Expenditures of Rural Aid Appropriations, Special  
Nepotism in State Government, Special  
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Rules  
43rd R.S. - 1933
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Federal Relations  
Public Lands and Buildings  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Appropriations  
Congressional Districts (Chair) 
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Public Lands and Buildings  
41st R.S. - 1929
Conservation and Reclamation  
Constitutional Amendments  
Inspect Insane Hospitals  
Lease of Land for Travis County Courthouse, Investigate  
Live Stock and Stock Raising  
Oil, Gas and Mining  
Public Lands and Buildings  

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