Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	7	Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 14, 1941	45th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 46th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Tyler / Smith	Senate President Pro Tempore (45th)	Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood
S	7	Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 12, 1937	43rd ⁽⁵⁾ 44th ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Tyler / Smith		Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood

(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 - Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/12/1937. Senate Journal.
(3) 45th Legislature - Oath of Office Administered to Senators-Elect, 1/12/1937, p. 2. 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.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

49th Legislature, R.S., SR 42, 3/12/1945, p. 344. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, June 1945, p. 320. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Other Resources

William Dent Pace, birth date 1/26/1892, death date 3/11/1945, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Will D. Pace, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Will D. Pace, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Will D. Pace, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Will D. Pace, 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 (Vice Chair)
45th R.S. - 1937 Counties and County Boundaries Educational Affairs Game and Fish Military Affairs New London School Explosion Nominations of the Governor Representative Districts (Vice Chair) Senatorial Districts State Affairs (Chair) State Highways and Motor Traffic State Institutions and Departments
44th R.S. - 1935 Auditing of State Highway Department Cotton Export, Special Counties and County Boundaries Educational Affairs Employment, Special (Vice Chair) Game and Fish Insurance Military Affairs Nominations of the Governor Portrait of Honorable Jesse Holman Jones, Special Representative Districts (Vice Chair) Rules Senatorial Districts State Affairs (Chair) State Highways and Motor Traffic State Institutions and Departments State Penitentiaries
43rd R.S. - 1933 Agricultural Affairs Congressional Districts Counties and County Boundaries (Vice Chair) Educational Affairs Game and Fish Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Insurance Military Affairs Public Debts (Chair) Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Damage State Institutions and Departments Stock and Stockraising Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Town and City Corporations

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