William Allen Poage
Full Name: William Allen PoageDate of birth: September 9, 1855
Date of death: October 14, 1920
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 61-1 | Jan 14, 1919 - Oct 14, 1920 | 36th | Democrat | Waco / McLennan | McLennan | |
| H | 61 | Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 | 35th | Democrat | Waco / McLennan | McLennan |
Terms of Service top
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House District 61-1
Jan 14, 1919 - Oct 14, 1920 Legislatures: 36th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Waco / McLennan Counties in district: McLennan |
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House District 61
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 Legislatures: 35th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Waco / McLennan Counties in district: McLennan |
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 37th Legislature, R.S., 1/14/1921, p. 119. Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- POAGE, WILLIAM ALLEN (1855-1920). Relatives: William Allen Poage - father, William Robert Poage - son. Handbook of Texas Online.
Other Resources
- Death notice, "William Poage, a member of the Legislature from the Sixty First District since 1917, died at home here Thursday night (10/14/1920)," "Texas News in Brief," 10/16/1920, p. 2. Denton Record-Chronicle.
- Wm. A Poage, birth date 9/9/1855 in Staunton, Virginia; death date 10/14/1920 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas; capitalist. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- Wm. A. Poage (1855-1920), burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County. Find a Grave.
- Obituary, "Poage, Wacoan Nearly Half a Century, Dead: Former Prominent Texas Cattleman and Member of the Texas Legislature," 10/15/1920, p. 3. Waco Times-Herald.
Photographs
- Photograph. W.A. Poage, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. W.H. Poage, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
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36th R.S. - 1919
Appropriations Federal Relations Penitentiaries (Chair) Penitentiaries, Subcommittee to Visit Stock and Stock Raising | ||
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35th R.S. - 1917
Appropriations Comptroller's Department Visit Congressional Districts (Vice Chair) Education Penitentiary Claims Auditing (Chair) Roads, Bridges and Ferries Stock and Stock Raising Supreme Judicial Districts |
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