Roland Bradley

Rolland Barr Bradley

Full Name: Rolland Barr Bradley
Date of birth: November 30, 1896
Date of death: April 14, 1973

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 19-2 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris
H 19-2 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris
H 19-2 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris

(1) Lawyer. 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 19-2
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris
House District 19-2
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris
House District 19-2
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

(1) Lawyer. 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, 2/5/1929, p. 10. Houston Post-Dispatch.
  • Memorial, June 1973, p. 603. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

  • United States Army, Private, World War I. Military grave marker, Rolland Barr Bradley, birth date 11/30/1896, death date 4/14/1973, burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

  • Rolland Barr Bradley, birth date 11/30/1896 in Michigan, death date 4/14/1973 in Houston, Harris County, attorney, served in armed forces 1/2/1918-4/10/1919. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Mentioned as a leading opponent of anti-evolution bills in the 1920's, p. 58 (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.; HB 378, 39th Legislature, R.S.; HB 90, 41st Legislature, R.S.). Ledbetter, Patsy. "Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929," Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 45-62. JSTOR.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

43rd R.S. - 1933
Labor  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Health  
Public Printing  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Education  
Labor (Chair) 
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Health  
41st R.S. - 1929
Congressional Districts  
Labor  
State Affairs  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  

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