W.E. Pope

Walter Elmer Pope

Full Name: Walter Elmer "Uncle Elmer" Pope
Date of birth: February 9, 1879
Date of death: November 2, 1944

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 71 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
H 71 Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 45th   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
H 71 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
H 71 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
H 71 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
H 71 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
H 71 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
H 76 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
H 76 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
H 76 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces

(1) Lawyer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 71
Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941
Legislatures: 46th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
House District 71
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 45th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
House District 71
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
House District 71
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
House District 71
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
House District 71
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
House District 71
Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 38th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
House District 76
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
House District 76
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces
House District 76
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces

(1) Lawyer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/1/1929, p. 4. Houston Post-Dispatch.
  • Memorial, February 1945, p. 105. "Dean of the House, and is credited with introducing more bills than any other senator or representative of his time." Texas Bar Journal.
  • Biographical sketch and description of the Walter Elmer Pope papers. W.E. Pope Papers.

Other Resources

  • T.H. McGregor of Austin, Preston L. Anderson of San Antonio, John M. Mathis of Houston, and "Uncle Elmer" Pope of Corpus Christi, "Austinite Last of Famed 'Four Horsemen'," 10/22/1952, p. 4. Austin American.
  • Obituary and photo, "W.E. Pope Services Here Today," 11/3/1944, p. 2-B. Corpus Christi Caller.
  • Obituary and photo, "W.E. Pope, Former Legislator and City Attorney, Succumbs," 11/2/1944, pp. 1, 12 (partial). Founder of the Corpus Christi Times. "He became dean of the House by virtue of his 22-year tenure," including information on legislative record. Corpus Christi Times.
  • Walter Elmer Pope, birth date 2/9/1879 in Leon County, Texas; death date 11/2/1944 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Walter Elmer Pope (1879-1944), burial in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Nueces County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

  • Photograph. W.E. Pope, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.E. Pope, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.E. Pope, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.E. Pope, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.E. Pope, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.E. Pope, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.E. Pope, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.E. Pope, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.E. Pope, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.E. Pope, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

46th R.S. - 1939
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Lands and Buildings  
Revenue and Taxation  
Rules (Chair) 
45th R.S. - 1937
Common Carriers  
Conservation and Reclamation  
Public Lands and Buildings  
Rules  
44th R.S. - 1935
Conservation and Reclamation  
Constitutional Amendments  
Cotton Export, Special  
Enrolled Bills  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Public Lands and Buildings  
Requesting Governor to Give Certain Information In Regard to State Planning Board, Special  
Revenue and Taxation  
Rules (Chair) 
State Departments and Permanent School Fund, Special  
43rd R.S. - 1933
Appropriations  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Insurance  
Revenue and Taxation  
Rules (Chair) 
42nd R.S. - 1931
Banks and Banking  
Common Carriers  
Moody Chair Purchase, Investigate  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Public Lands and Buildings  
41st R.S. - 1929
Banks and Banking  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Public Lands and Buildings  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
37th R.S. - 1921
Conservation and Reclamation  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Revenue and Taxation  
State Affairs (Vice Chair) 
36th R.S. - 1919
Conservation and Reclamation  
Game and Fisheries  
Goodnight Ranch Visit  
Municipal and Private Corporations (Chair) 
Public Lands and Buildings  
Revenue and Taxation  
35th R.S. - 1917
Charges Against James E. Ferguson, Governor, Investigate  
Irrigation  
Judicial Districts  
Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) 
Reforms in Criminal Procedure  
Revenue and Taxation  

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