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Jerry Sadler

Jerry Sadler

Full Name: Jerry Sadler
Date of birth: September 8, 1907
Date of death: February 25, 1982

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 27 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat Palestine / Anderson   Anderson
H 27 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th   Democrat Palestine / Anderson   Anderson
H 27 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th (1)   Democrat Percilla / Anderson   Anderson

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Sadler's lifetime home address was Hickory Grove in Anderson County but his mailing address for the 54th and 55th Legislatures was Percilla, in Houston County, outside his district. For the 56th Legislature, it was his Palestine law office. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
56th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Palestine / Anderson
Counties in district:
Anderson

Legislatures:
55th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Palestine / Anderson
Counties in district:
Anderson

Legislatures:
54th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Percilla / Anderson
Counties in district:
Anderson

Terms of service notes


(1) Sadler's lifetime home address was Hickory Grove in Anderson County but his mailing address for the 54th and 55th Legislatures was Percilla, in Houston County, outside his district. For the 56th Legislature, it was his Palestine law office. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Biographical Information

  • "Recalling the Fighting Champ of Texas Politics," 1/26/1990. Austin American-Statesman.
  • Biography in the LRL collection, 923.2764 SA15. The Life Story of Jerry Sadler: One of a Series of Pen Portraits of Outstanding Texans, 1946.
  • Obituary, 2/26/1982. New York Times.
  • Memoir in LRL collection, 923.2764 SA15N. Politics, Fat-Cats and Honey-Money Boys: The Mem-wars of Jerry Sadler, 1984.

  • United States Cavalry; United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, World War II. Headstone inscription includes: "12th U.S. Cavalry 1927-1929, Fort Brown, Tex.; Railroad Commissioner of Texas 1939 - Resigned in 1942 To Enter U.S. Army in World War II; Served 27 Months in Persian Gulf Command; Honorably Discharged in 1945 with Rank of Lt. Colonel." Texas State Cemetery.

  • Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas.
  • Relatives: William Turner Sadler, great-grandfather; Jerry Sadler, grandson. Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade.
  • Jerry Sadler. Texas State Cemetery.
    • Selected newspaper articles

  • Photograph. Jerry Sadler, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Jerry Sadler, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
  • Photograph. Jerry Sadler, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Jerry Sadler, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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