Wilbourne Bailey Collie

Full Name: Wilbourne Bailey Collie
Date of birth: April 5, 1901
Date of death: January 2, 1973

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	24	Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 14, 1941	45th ⁽²⁾ 46th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Eastland / Eastland		Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton
S	24	Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 12, 1937	44th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 43rd ⁽⁵⁾ 44th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Eastland / Eastland	Senate President Pro Tempore (44th)	Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton

(1) 46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fifth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-sixth Legislature," 1/10/1939, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(2) 45th Legislature - Oath of Office Administered to Senators-Elect, 1/12/1937, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(3) 44th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 2nd C.S., elected 11/14/1935. Senate Journal.
(4) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(5) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/10/1933, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 24
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 14, 1941
Legislatures: 45th ⁽²⁾ 46th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Eastland / Eastland
Counties in district: Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton

Senate District 24
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 43rd ⁽⁵⁾ 44th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (44th)
(44th)
(44th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Eastland / Eastland
Counties in district: Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Taylor, Throckmorton

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

63rd Legislature, R.S., SR 804. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, May 1973, p. 452. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Wilbourne Bailey Collie, birth date 4/5/1901 in Cisco, Texas; death date 1/2/1973 in Dallas, Dallas County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Wilbourne B. Collie, birth date 4/5/1901, death date 1/2/1973, burial in Eastland City Cemetery, Eastland, Eastland County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Wilbourne B. Collie, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Wilbourne B. Collie, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Wilbourne B. Collie, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Wilbourne B. Collie, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

43rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
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.

Committee Information top

46th R.S. - 1939 Banking Criminal Jurisprudence Federal Relations Highways and Motor Traffic Insurance Internal Improvements (Vice Chair) Investigating, Special Investment of Permanent School Fund for State Building, Special Labor Mining, Irrigation and Drainage Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) Rules (Chair) State Affairs
45th R.S. - 1937 Banking (Vice Chair) Civil Jurisprudence Criminal Jurisprudence Educational Affairs Insurance (Chair) Investigating Judicial Districts Public Lands and Land Office State Affairs State Highways and Motor Traffic
44th R.S. - 1935 Banking (Vice Chair) Civil Jurisprudence Congressional Districts Cotton Export, Special Criminal Jurisprudence Education (Vice Chair) Insurance (Chair) Internal Improvements Investigating Judicial Districts Portrait of Honorable Jesse Holman Jones, Special Privileges and Elections Public Lands and Land Office State Affairs State Highways and Motor Traffic Stock and Stock Raising Towns and City Corporations
43rd R.S. - 1933 Banking Civil Jurisprudence Congressional Districts Crime Investigation Criminal Jurisprudence Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Internal Improvements Investigating Crime Judicial Districts Privileges and Elections Public Land and Land Office Senatorial Districts (Vice Chair) State Affairs Stock and Stockraising Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Town and City Corporations (Chair)

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