Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	20	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931	41st	Democrat	Rosenberg / Fort Bend		Fort Bend, Waller
H	20	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929	40th	Democrat	Rosenberg / Fort Bend		Fort Bend, Waller

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Obituary, Charlie H. Waddell, "Telephone Co. Official Dies Saturday," 2/3/1950, p. 1. Brookshire Times (Brookshire, Waller County, Texas).
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/27/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Other Resources

Charlie H. Waddell, birth date 1/18/1888 in Arkansas, death date 1/28/1950 in Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Charles Harvey Waddell, birth date 1/18/1888 in Bentonville, Arkansas, residence in Rosenberg, Texas, occupation: owner of private phone line, draft registration June 1917 in Fort Bend County, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
Charlie H. Waddell (1888-1950), burial in Rosenberg Cemetery, Rosenberg, Fort Bend County. Find a Grave.
C.H. Waddell, age 40 in 1929; born in Arkansas; telephone, cotton gin, real estate. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
Text of historical marker, Fort Bend Telephone Company, Fort Bend County: "Founded in 1914, the Fort Bend Telephone Company began when Charles H. Waddell purchased nine individual telephone lines in the Needville community and established a central switchboard exchange." Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
41st Legislature (1929) - C.H. Waddell, postoffice Rosenberg, nativity Arkansas, age 40, telephone, cotton gin, real estate, member former legislatures: 40th. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. C.H. Waddell, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.H. Waddell, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

41st R.S. - 1929 Claims and Accounts Conservation and Reclamation (Vice Chair) Highways and Motor Traffic Penitentiaries Rules (Chair)
40th R.S. - 1927 Common Carriers Privileges, Suffrage and Elections School Districts

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