LRL Home - Legislators and Leaders - Texas Legislators: Past & Present - Member profile

Claud Caldwell Westerfeld Full Name: Claud Caldwell Westerfeld Date of birth: June 10, 1882 Date of death: July 3, 1954 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 11 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939 45th (1) (2)   44th (3)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas Senate President Pro Tempore (45th)   Dallas (1) 45th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 5/22/1937. Senate Journal. (2) 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. (3) 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 Biographical Sketches Memorial, October 1954, p. 624. Birth date 6/10/1882, death date 7/2/1954. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Obituary, "Former State Senator, Claud C. Westerfeld, Dies," 7/4/1954. Dallas Morning News. Claude Caldwell Westerfeld, birth date 6/10/1882, death date 7/3/1954, interment in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas. Find a Grave. Discussion of Westerfeld's opposition to Sarah T. Hughes' judicial appointment, Westerfeld congressional race in 1936, pp. 77-83, 87, 92-93. LRL collection, 923.2764 H874P 2004. Indomitable Sarah: The Life of Judge Sarah T. Hughes, 2004. Photographs Photograph. Claud Westerfeld, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Claud Westerfeld, 45th 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. Committee Informationtop 45th R.S. - 1937 Banking   Civil Jurisprudence   Commemoration of Texas Independence Day, Special   Commerce and Manufactures   Congressional Districts   Enrolled Bills (Chair)  Federal Relations (Chair)  Insurance   Interstate Cooperation   Labor   Public Buildings and Grounds   Representative Districts   State Highways and Motor Traffic   Towns and City Corporations   44th R.S. - 1935 Banking   Civil Jurisprudence   Commerce and Manufacturing (Vice Chair)  Congressional Districts   Enrolled Bills   Federal Relations (Chair)  Insurance   Internal Improvements   Interstate Cooperation   Labor   Public Buildings and Grounds   Representative Districts   Texas Independence Day, Special   Towns and City Corporations

This website is a work in progress. Information on this website is provided as a public service by the Legislative Reference Library. The Legislative Reference Library makes no representation as to its completeness or accuracy and makes no warranty in regard to its use. Users assume all risk of reliance on the information included on this site.

Have a question, comment or contribution? Email the Library or call 512-463-1252.

Many photos in Texas Legislators: Past and Present are used with permission of the Texas State Preservation Board. For permission to reproduce these photos, please contact the Texas State Preservation Board graphics coordinator at 512-475-3060.