George B. Butler

George Byron Butler

Full Name: George Byron Butler
Date of birth: September 2, 1905
Date of death: September 28, 1953

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 26 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Bryan / Brazos   Brazos, Grimes
H 26 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Bryan / Brazos   Brazos, Grimes

(1) Lawyer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 26
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bryan / Brazos
Counties in district: Brazos, Grimes
House District 26
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bryan / Brazos
Counties in district: Brazos, Grimes

(1) Lawyer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Obituary and photo, "George Butler, Former Bryanite, Dies in Temple," 9/29/1953, pp. 1, 6. Chairman of the Texas State Board of Insurance Commissioners. "As a state representative from Brazos and Grimes counties in 1933-36, Butler wrote the Insurance Agency Licensing Act." Bryan Eagle.
  • George Byron Butler, birth date 9/2/1905 in Bryan; death date 9/28/1953 in Temple, Bell County; life insurance commissioner. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

44th R.S. - 1935
Appropriations  
Committee Meeting Schedule, Special  
Conservation and Reclamation  
Insurance (Chair) 
Judiciary  
Tarrant County Relief Situation, Special (Chair) 
43rd R.S. - 1933
Appropriations  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Education  
Liquor Traffic (Vice Chair) 
Salt Water Fisheries and Marine Taxation, Legislative Investigating  

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