George Clark Purl

George Clark Purl

Full Name: George Clark Purl
Date of birth: August 27, 1892
Date of death: September 23, 1943

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 11 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1) (2)   42nd (3)   43rd (1) (2)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas Senate President Pro Tempore (43rd)   Dallas
H 50-5 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas
H 50-5 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas
H 50-5 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas
H 50-5 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas

(1) 43rd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 9/14/1933. Senate Journal.
(2) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1. Senate Media.
(3) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Terms of Service top

Senate District 11
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1) (2)   42nd (3)   43rd (1) (2)  
Senate President Pro Tempore (43rd)
(43rd)
(43rd)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas
House District 50-5
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas
House District 50-5
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas
House District 50-5
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
Legislatures: 39th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas
House District 50-5
Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 38th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

(1) 43rd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 9/14/1933. Senate Journal.
(2) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1. Senate Media.
(3) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/18/1929, p. 7. Houston Post-Dispatch.
  • Memorial, February 1944, p. 62. Born 1892 in Georgetown. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

Other Resources

  • Obituary and photo, "George C. Purl, Former State Senator, Dies," 9/23/1943, p. 1, 11. "George C. Purl Funeral Planned," 9/24/1943, p. 26. Dallas Morning News.
  • George Clark Purl, birth date 8/27/1892 in Texas; death date 9/22/1943 in Dallas, Dallas County; attorney and state senator. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • George Clark Purl, birth date 8/27/1893, death date 9/22/1943, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Williamson County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

43rd R.S. - 1933
Banking  
Commerce and Manufacturing  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Educational Affairs  
Federal Relations  
Finance  
Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
Insurance (Chair) 
Internal Improvements  
Investigating  
Labor (Chair) 
Public Buildings and Grounds  
State Affairs  
State Institutions and Departments (Chair) 
Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate (Chair) 
Town and City Corporations  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Banks and Banking  
Commerce and Manufacturing (Vice Chair) 
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Educational Affairs  
Federal Relations  
Finance  
Insurance (Vice Chair) 
Internal Improvements (Chair) 
Irregularities in State Dept. Finance Matters, Investigate  
Public Buildings and Grounds  
Representative Districts (Chair) 
State Institutions and Departments  
Towns and City Corporations  
41st R.S. - 1929
Common Carriers  
Education  
Federal Relations  
Fee Officers, Investigate  
Insurance (Chair) 
Public Printing  
Rules  
40th R.S. - 1927
Banks and Banking  
Commerce and Manufactures  
Common Carriers  
Insurance (Vice Chair) 
Loan Company Legislation  
State Song  
39th R.S. - 1925
Blanket Tax for UT Students, Investigate (Chair) 
Insurance  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Printing (Vice Chair) 
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
38th R.S. - 1923
Common Carriers  
Home Builders' Association, Investigating (Chair) 
Insurance  
Military Affairs  

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