Joe Lafayette Hill

Full Name: Joe Lafayette Hill, Jr.
Date of birth: July 2, 1894
Date of death: October 4, 1967

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	2	Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 12, 1943	46th ⁽⁵⁾ 47th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Henderson / Rusk		Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby
S	2	Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939	44th ⁽⁷⁾ 45th ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Henderson / Rusk		Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby

(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 - Roll Call of Senators-Elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1939, p. 8. Senate Journal.
(6) 45th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fourth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-fifth Legislature," 1/12/1937, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(7) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 2
Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 12, 1943
Legislatures: 46th ⁽⁵⁾ 47th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Henderson / Rusk
Counties in district: Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby

Senate District 2
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 44th ⁽⁷⁾ 45th ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Henderson / Rusk
Counties in district: Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

60th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 230. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Mentioned in biographical sketch of father Joe L. Hill, Volume III, pp. 1200-1202. A History of Texas and Texans, 1916.
Memorial, December 1967, p. 1008. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Hill, Joe Lafayette. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Photograph. Joe L. Hill, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe L. Hill, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe Hill, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe L. Hill, 44th 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.

Committee Information top

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)
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)
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
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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