Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	18	Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 14, 1941	45th (2)   46th (1)	Democrat	Pettus / Bee		Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wilson
H	70	Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937	44th	Democrat	Pettus / Bee		Aransas, Bee, Refugio, San Patricio
H	70	Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935	43rd (3)	Democrat	Pettus / Bee		Aransas, Bee, Refugio, San Patricio

(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 - Oath of Office Administered to Senators-Elect, 1/12/1937, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(3) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 72nd Legislature, R.S., HCR 24. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

• Census of 1940 - Morris Roberts, Bee County, age 33, born circa 1907 in Texas, oil refiner owner/refinery, spouse Camille G., daughter Catherine. FamilySearch.
• Morris Roberts, birth date 5/21/1906, death date 1/13/1991, burial in Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria, Victoria County. Find a Grave.
• Referred to as oil man "Senator Robert Morris, Pettus" in Chapter 1, "The Big Job," p. 7. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.
• Obituary and photo, "Advocate's Morris Roberts Dies: Newspaper Owner, Community Leader for 50 Years," 1/15/1991, pp. 1A and 12A, editorial p. 4A, via Google News. Victoria Advocate. p. 12A p. 1A p. 4A

Photographs

• Photograph. Morris Roberts, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Morris Roberts, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Morris Roberts, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Morris Roberts, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 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.
• 43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

46th R.S. - 1939 Constitutional Amendments   Finance (Chair)  Game and Fish   Highways and Motor Traffic   Interstate Co-operation (Vice Chair)  Judicial Districts   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Nominations of Governor   Representative Districts   State Affairs

45th R.S. - 1937 Commerce and Manufactures (Chair)  Engrossed Bills (Chair)  Federal Relations (Vice Chair)  Finance   Game and Fish   General Appropriations Bill Preparation, Special   Labor   Nominations of the Governor   Public Health   State Highways and Motor Traffic   State Institutions and Departments   State Penitentiaries   Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair)

44th R.S. - 1935 Appropriations   Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts   Game and Fisheries   Oil, Gas and Mining   Wage Scales of State Highway Department, Special

43rd R.S. - 1933 Conservation and Reclamation   Game and Fisheries   Insurance   Oil, Gas, and Mining