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Olan Rogers Van Zandt Full Name: Olan Rogers Van Zandt Date of birth: March 19, 1890 Date of death: December 10, 1985 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 9 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 12, 1943 47th (1) (2) (3)   46th (4)   47th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Tioga / Grayson Dean of the Senate, (47th)   Cooke, Fannin, Grayson S 9 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939 45th (5) (6)   44th (7)   45th (5) (6)   Democrat Tioga / Grayson Senate President Pro Tempore (45th)   Cooke, Fannin, Grayson H 44-1 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (8)   Democrat Tioga / Grayson   Grayson H 44-1 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Tioga / Grayson   Grayson H 44-1 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Tioga / Grayson   Grayson H 44-1 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Tioga / Grayson   Grayson (1) Caucus report for 47th Legislature, 1st called session signed, Olan R. Van Zandt, Dean of the Senate, p. 10, Senate Journal. (2) Journal does not indicate who assumed title of Dean of the Senate during the regular session. However, Olan Van Zandt served as chair of the senate caucus, an honor traditionally bestowed upon the dean, pp. 9-11. Senate Journal. (3) Lists Cotten, Hill, Weaver Moore, Shivers, Sulak, and Van Zandt as having most seniority, 47th Legislature. Texas Senate, Secretary of the Senate - Memo, January 8, 2002, 'Deans of the Texas Senate', 2002. (4) 46th Legislature - 1/10/1939, p. 2, listed in "Roll Call of Senators-Elect." Senate Journal. (5) 45th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 5/27/1937. Senate Journal. (6) 45th Legislature - 1/12/1937, pp. 1-2, listed in "Roll Call of Senators . . . who were Members of the Forty-fourth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-fifth Legislature." Senate Journal. (7) 44th Legislature - 1/8/1935, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of New Senators" and "Certificate of New Senators." Senate Journal. (8) 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 Biographical Sketches Memorial, July 1986, p. 800. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources "Three Blind Lawmakers in Texas Legislature," Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, 6/23/1933, p. 3, crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Interment in Tioga Cemetery, Tioga, Grayson County, TX. Birth date 3/19/1890. TXGenWeb Project. Photographs Photograph. Olan Van Zandt, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Olan Van Zandt, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Olan Van Zandt, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Olan Van Zandt, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Olan Van Zandt, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Olan Van Zandt, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Olan Van Zandt, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Olan Van Zandt, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 44th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 45th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 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. 40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.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. Committee Informationtop 47th R.S. - 1941 Agriculture   Civil Jurisprudence   Congressional Districts (Vice Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Education   Election Law Violations, Investigation, Special   Insurance (Chair)  Local and Uncontested Bills, Special   Nominations of Governor   Privileges and Elections   Representative Districts   Rules   Rural Aid Advisory, Special   State Affairs   46th R.S. - 1939 Agriculture   Civil Jurisprudence (Chair)  Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Education   Nominations of Governor   Public Buildings and Grounds   Representative Districts   Rules (Vice Chair)  State Affairs   Towns and City Corporations   45th R.S. - 1937 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence   Compact with Oklahoma Relative to Use of Red River by Texas Citizens, Special   Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Rural Aid to Schools, Special   Finance   Insurance   Judicial Districts   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds   Representative Districts (Chair)  State Affairs   Towns and City Corporations (Vice Chair)  44th R.S. - 1935 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence   Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Counties and County Boundaries   Criminal Jurisprudence   Education   Engrossed Bills   Finance   Judicial Districts (Vice Chair)  Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Privileges and Elections (Chair)  Public Buildings and Grounds   Texas Independence Day, Special   43rd R.S. - 1933 Alleged Assault on Representative Burns, Investigate, Special   Constitutional Amendments   Judicial Districts   Judiciary   Labor   42nd R.S. - 1931 Claims and Accounts   Constitutional Amendments   Judicial Districts (Chair)  Judicial Redistricting Committee (Chair)  Judiciary   State Affairs   41st R.S. - 1929 Claims and Accounts   Constitutional Amendments   Judiciary   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions   40th R.S. - 1927 Constitutional Amendments   Federal Relations   Judiciary   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

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