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Joe Lafayette Hill, Jr.
Full Name: Joe Lafayette Hill, Jr.
Date of birth: July 2, 1894
Date of death: October 4, 1967
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
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2
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Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 12, 1943
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47th
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
46th
(5)
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Democrat
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Henderson / Rusk
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Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby
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2
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Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939
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45th
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44th
(7)
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Democrat
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Henderson / Rusk
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Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby
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(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)
Journal does not confirm who assumed the title of dean during the regular session of the 47th legislature; however, Senator Van Zandt was chairman of the senate caucus, a honor traditionally bestowed on the dean of the senate.
Texas Senate, Secretary of the Senate - Memo, January 8, 2002, 'Deans of the Texas Senate', 2002.
(4)
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.
(5)
46th Legislature - 1/10/1939, p. 2, listed in "Roll Call of Senators-Elect."
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.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
60th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 230.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
Mentioned in biographical sketch of father Joe L. Hill, Volume III, pp. 1200-1202.
A History of Texas and Texans, 1916.
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Other Resources |
Memorial, December 1967, p. 1008.
Texas Bar Journal.
Hill, Joe Lafayette.
Texas State Cemetery.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Joe L. Hill, Jr., 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Joe L. Hill, Jr., 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Joe L. Hill, Jr., 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Joe L. Hill, Jr., 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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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.
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Committee Informationtop
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47th R.S. - 1941
Banking
Civil Jurisprudence
Commerce and Manufactures
Education
(Vice Chair)
Election Law Violations, Investigation, Special
(Chair)
Finance
Internal Improvements
Labor
Mining, Irrigation and Drainage
Privileges and Elections
(Chair)
Public Health
Public Welfare, Investigation, Special
Rural Aid Legislative Advisory, Special
Towns and City Corporations
(Chair)
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46th R.S. - 1939
Banking
Commerce and Manufacturing
Criminal Jurisprudence
(Vice Chair)
Education
Finance
Highways and Motor Traffic
Investigating, Special
Labor
Mining, Irrigation and Drainage
Penitentiaries
Privileges and Elections
Towns and City Corporations
(Chair)
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45th R.S. - 1937
Civil Jurisprudence
Commerce and Manufactures
Congressional Districts
Constitutional Amendments
Criminal Jurisprudence
Federal Relations
Finance
Investigating
Mining, Irrigation and Drainage
(Chair)
New London School Explosion
Public Debts, Claims and Accounts
Senatorial Districts
(Vice Chair)
State Affairs
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44th R.S. - 1935
Agricultural Affairs
Civil Jurisprudence
Commerce and Manufacturing
(Chair)
Congressional Districts
Constitutional Amendments
Criminal Jurisprudence
Engrossed Bills
(Vice Chair)
Federal Relations
Finance
Investigating
Mining, Irrigation and Drainage
Nominations of the Governor
Public Debts, Claims and Accounts
Senatorial Districts
(Vice Chair)
State Penitentiaries
Texas Independence Day, Special
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