Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	38	Mar 22, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947	49th (1)	Democrat	Paris / Lamar		Fannin, Lamar
H	38	Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941	46th	Democrat	Paris / Lamar		Fannin, Lamar
H	38	Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939	45th	Democrat	Paris / Lamar		Fannin, Lamar

(1) Eugene Harrell, sworn 3/22/1945, succeeded Charles R. Floyd, died 2/17/1945. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Military Service Notes

• Harrell, Eugene, Special Rangers, Call Number: 401-82. Enlistment, Oath of Service and Description, Department of Public Safety, Texas Ranger Division (series of four enlistments/oaths from 1928-1933). E.F./Eugene Flowers Harrell, occupation: Warden, State Penitentiary, and Peace Officer; rank of Private, Special Ranger; born in Carrolton [sic], Carroll County, Mississippi; previous service: Company B, Private, Ranger Force, State of Texas. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.

Other Resources

• Census of 1940 - Eugene F. Harrell, Paris, Lamar County, age 51, born circa 1889 in Mississippi, occupation: Representative/Legislature, spouse Maud. FamilySearch.
• Eugene Flowers Hall, birth date 3/27/1889 in Mississippi, death date 1/1/1969 in Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas, government/labor statistics. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• Eugene F. Harrell, birth date 3/27/1889, death date 1/1/1969, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, with spouse Maude Fry Harrell. Find a Grave.
• Obituary, Eugene Flowers Hall, birth date 3/27/1889 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Mississippi; death date 1/1/1969 in Harlingen, Texas; "elected flotorial representative to the state legislature for Lamar and Fannin counties during 1937-1941." Overview compiled by family researcher Jim Semple, Jr., last updated: April 20, 2016. Includes obituary in The Paris News, Wednesday, 1/1/1969. Geni.
• Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.
• 46th Legislature (1939) - Eugene F. Harrell, postoffice Paris, Lamar County, nativity Mississippi, age 50, law student, member of former legislatures: 45th.
  49th Legislature (1945) - E.F. Harrell, postoffice Paris, Lamar County, nativity Mississippi, age 55, retired, member of former legislatures: 47th [sic]. *Chas. R. Floyd, died 2/17/1945; succeeded by E.F. Harrell. Texas Legislative Manual. 46th Legislature 49th Legislature

Photographs

• Photograph. Eugene F. Harrell, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eugene F. Harrell, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Eugene F. Harrell, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 46th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 49th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

49th R.S. - 1945 Common Carriers   Congressional and Legislative Districts   Education   Insurance   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

46th R.S. - 1939 Atlanta, Texas Explosion, Special   Claims and Accounts   Common Carriers   Counties (Vice Chair)  Labor   Penitentiaries   School Lobbying Activities, Special

45th R.S. - 1937 Agriculture   Criminal Jurisprudence   Penitentiaries (Vice Chair)  State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions   State Eleemosynary Institutions, Special (Chair)