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Price Daniel, Sr. Full Name: Marion Price Daniel, Sr. Date of birth: October 10, 1910 Date of death: August 25, 1988 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 14 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 48th   Democrat Liberty / Liberty Speaker   Hardin, Liberty H 14 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat Liberty / Liberty   Hardin, Liberty H 14 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat Liberty / Liberty   Hardin, Liberty   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 53rd Legislature, R.S., HSR 294. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 57th Legislature, R.S., SR 360, honorary member of "famous Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang." Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 60th Legislature, R.S., HCR 83, service to the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 65th Legislature, R.S., HSR 81. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 66th Legislature, R.S., HCR 202. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 66th Legislature, R.S., HR 121. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 69th Legislature, R.S., SR 324. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. Biographical Sketches Photo and biographical sketch, "Marion Price Daniel, Sr., Public Citizen," p. 111. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service, 2005. DANIEL, Marion Price (1910-1988). Senator, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present. DANIEL, MARION PRICE, JR. (1941-1981). Relatives: Marion Price Daniel, Sr. - father; Marion Price Daniel, Jr. - son. Handbook of Texas Online. DANIEL, MARION PRICE, SR. (1910-1988). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch and portrait, Marion Price Daniel, Sr., Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1971-1978. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004. Oral history interviews available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas. 57th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Marion Price Daniel. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016. Memorial, February 1989, p. 249. Texas Bar Journal. Photographs and biographical sketch. The Texas Senator, 1978. Military Service Notes United States Army, Private. "Pvt. Daniel Slipped One Over on the Boys," 8/22/1943, p. 11. Abilene Reporter-News. United States Army, Captain, World War II. " . . . Daniel earned the respect of his colleagues and in early 1943 was unanimously elected speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. After serving one term in that office he enlisted in the army as a private and the following year graduated from officers' candidate school in Lexington, Virginia, as a judge advocate general. He was discharged from the army in May 1946 with the rank of captain, after having served in the Pacific and Japan." Handbook of Texas Online. Other Resources Relatives: William Partlow Daniel - brother; Marion Price Daniel, Sr. - brother. Relatives: William Partlow Daniel - uncle; Marion Price Daniel, Jr. - nephew, "'Gov. Bill' Daniel, benefactor," 5/20/2006, p. B6. Houston Chronicle. Governor of Texas 1957-1963. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present. Photographs Photograph. Price Daniel, Sr., Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006 Photograph. Price Daniel, Sr., Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006 Photograph. Price Daniel, Sr., Texas Jurists Collection Photograph. Price Daniel, Sr., 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Price Daniel, Sr., 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Marion Price Daniel, 48th Legislature, Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 46th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 47th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 48th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 47th R.S. - 1941 Judiciary   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Lands and Buildings (Vice Chair)  Revenue and Taxation   46th R.S. - 1939 Judiciary   Oil, Gas and Mining   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Vice Chair)  Public Lands and Buildings

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