Frank Hill Rawlings

Full Name: Frank Hill Rawlings
Date of birth: July 8, 1890
Date of death: September 2, 1977

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	28	Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939	44th ⁽²⁾ 45th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Tarrant
S	28	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935	43rd ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 42nd ⁽⁵⁾ 43rd ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Senate President Pro Tempore (43rd)	Tarrant

(1) 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.
(2) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 43rd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 2nd C.S., elected 1/29/1934. Senate Journal.
(4) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1. Senate Media.
(5) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 28
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 44th ⁽²⁾ 45th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant

Senate District 28
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 42nd ⁽⁵⁾ 43rd ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (43rd)
(43rd)
(43rd)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Obituary, "Former State Sen. Rawlings Dies," 9/3/1977, p. 11d. Born in Morristown, Tennessee; died 9/2/1977 in Purcell, Oklahoma. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Other Resources

Frank Hill Rawlings, birth date 7/8/1890, death date 9/2/1977, burial in Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Find a Grave.
Frank H. Rawlings, death date 9/2/1977 in McClain County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Vital Records Index, 2016.
45th Legislature (1937) - Frank H. Rawlings, postoffice Fort Worth, Tarrant County, nativity Tennessee, age 46, lawyer, Democrat, member of former legislatures: 42nd, 43rd, 44th Senate. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. Frank H. Rawlings, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank H. Rawlings, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank H. Rawlings, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Frank Rawlings, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

42nd session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
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.

Committee Information top

45th R.S. - 1937 Civil Jurisprudence Compact with Oklahoma Relative to Use of Red River by Texas Citizens, Special Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Finance Insurance Labor Representative Districts Rules (Chair) State Affairs (Vice Chair) State Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair) State Penitentiaries Stock and Stock Raising
44th R.S. - 1935 Auditing of State Highway Department Civil Jurisprudence Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Finance Insurance Internal Improvements Labor (Chair) Noncontested Bills, Special Public Health Public Printing Representative Districts State Affairs (Vice Chair) State Highways and Motor Traffic State Penitentiaries Stock and Stock Raising Texas-Oklahoma Boundary Dispute, Special Towns and City Corporations (Chair)
43rd R.S. - 1933 Civil Jurisprudence Crime Investigation (Vice Chair) Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Insurance Internal Improvements Investigating Crime (Vice Chair) Labor Public Health Public Printing State Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair) State Penitentiaries Stock and Stockraising Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Steering Committee
42nd R.S. - 1931 Civil Jurisprudence Commerce and Manufacturing (Chair) Insurance Internal Improvements Labor Privileges and Elections Public Health Public Printing State Highways and Motor Traffic (Vice Chair) State Penitentiaries Stock and Stock Raising

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