LRL Home - Legislators and Leaders - Texas Legislators: Past & Present - Member profile

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 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) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 48th Legislature, HCR 150. Relatives: Charles Metcalfe - father; Penrose Metcalfe - son. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Memorial, May 1970, p. 389. Texas Bar Journal. Military Service Notes 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 Blakely Metcalfe, birth date 11/24/1893, death date 3/6/1970, burial in Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green County. Find a Grave. "Charles B. Metcalfe Services Set Here at 3:30 P.M. Today," 12/12/1941, p. 1, 20. San Angelo Standard Times. "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 Informationtop 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

This website is a work in progress. Information on this website is provided as a public service by the Legislative Reference Library. The Legislative Reference Library makes no representation as to its completeness or accuracy and makes no warranty in regard to its use. Users assume all risk of reliance on the information included on this site.

Have a question, comment or contribution? Email the Library or call 512-463-1252.

Many photos in Texas Legislators: Past and Present are used with permission of the Texas State Preservation Board. For permission to reproduce these photos, please contact the Texas State Preservation Board graphics coordinator at 512-475-3060.