Penrose Blakely Metcalfe

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

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	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.

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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

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

Private 1st Class, Aviation School, Kelly Field, Texas. Penrose B. Metcalfe, residence in San Angelo, enlisted at Fort Sam Houston 9/8/1917, honorable discharge 12/29/1917.
1st Lieutenant, Air Service. Penrose Blakely Metcalfe, birth date 11/24/1893 in San Angelo; residence in San Angelo, Tom Green County; honorable discharge 12/7/1918. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin). Penrose B. Metcalfe Penrose Blakely Metcalfe
1st Lieutenant, Air Service. 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, 1890-1977.
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.

Photographs

Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Penrose Metcalfe, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Penrose Metcalf, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

46th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
47th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
48th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
49th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

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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