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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 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information 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 47th (1) (2) (3) (4)   46th (5)   Democrat Henderson / Rusk   Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby S 2 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939 45th (6)   44th (7)   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 - 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.   Biographical Notes and Resources 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. Other Resources Memorial, December 1967, p. 1008. Texas Bar Journal. Hill, Joe Lafayette. Texas State Cemetery. 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 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 Informationtop 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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