House Committee on Privileges, Suffrage and Elections - 41st R.S. (1929)
Committee Members
- Ed R. Sinks, Chair
- Cecil Storey, Vice Chair
- Selby Evans Barnett
- Thomas R. Bond
- Edwin Donald Dunlap
- Harry Newton Graves
- James Wright Harper
- Charles Harraway Jenkins
- Howard Jack Keller
- Green Young Lee
- Jacob Jackson Loy
- Luke Mankin
- Edward Thad Murphy
- Bowen Pope
- Phillip Luther Sanders
- Edgar Poe Shelton
- J. Lewis Thompson
- Henry Albert Turner
- John Holland Veatch
- Simeon Rufus Williams
- William Dewey Young
Charges
- Investigate the contest between E.M. Smith and W.R. Montgomery for the seat from Hidalgo County.*
- Examine contest between H.H. Wallace and A.S. Johnson for the office of Representative for the Thirty-second Legislative District.*
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
Notes
Appointed subcommittee to go to Hidalgo County and investigate the charges in Smith/Montgomery election. Subcommittee consisted of Rep. Storey, chair, Rep. Barnett, Rep. Mankin, Rep. Murphy, Rep. Sanders, Rep. Turner, and Rep. Williams of Sabine. H.J. of Tex., 41st R.S., 293 (1929)
Includes communication from the Attorney General concerning the powers of the subcommittee. H.J. of Tex., 41st Leg., R.S., 391 (1929)
Includes information on protest of the committee's action in the Smith/Montgomery election by some of the citizens of Hidalgo County. H.J. of Tex., 41st Leg., R.S., (1929)
Wallace v. Johnson: Majority report signed by Sinks, Storey, Young, Mankin, Murphy, Graves of Williamson, Bond, Barnett, Lee, Sanders, Keller, Thompson, Turner, Dunlap, Veatch, and Williams of Sabine. Minority report signed by Harper, Loy, Opoe of Jones, Jenkins, Shelton, and Hays. H.J. of Tex., 41st Leg., R.S., 253 (1929)
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