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Earle B. Mayfield Full Name: Earle Bradford Mayfield Date of birth: April 12, 1881 Date of death: June 23, 1964 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 27 Jan 10, 1911 - Sep 25, 1912 32nd (2) (3) (4) (5)   Democrat Meridian / Bosque Senate President Pro Tempore (32nd)   Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton S 27 Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 10, 1911 30th (8)   31st (6) (7)   Democrat Meridian / Bosque   Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton (1) Charles W. Taylor, in special election 11/5/1912, succeeded Earle B. Mayfield, resigned 9/25/1912. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (2) 32nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 8/29/1911, 1st C.S. Senate Journal. (3) "The attorney general has been called on to find a way out of dilemma occasioned by the forthcoming resignation of Earl B. Mayfield to assume the duties of railroad commissioner...", 9/24/1912, p. 2. Abilene Daily Reporter. (4) Mayfield resigned 9/25/1912. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (5) 32nd Legislature - 1/10/1911, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call as "Senator-elect." Senate Journal. (6) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910. (7) 31st Legislature - 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call with "hold-over Senators." Senate Journal. (8) 30th Legislature - 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2, listed in "roll of the Senators-elect." Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 58th Legislature, R.S., SR 553, welcome, address to the Senate printed in Senate Journal, 5/16/1963, pp. 1206-1209. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. Biographical Sketches MAYFIELD, Earle Bradford (1881-1964). Senator, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present. MAYFIELD, EARLE BRADFORD (1881-1964). Handbook of Texas Online. Memorial, October 1964, p. 843. Texas Bar Journal. Portrait and biographical sketch. The Texas Senator, 1978. Other Resources Mentioned in Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984. Portrait, Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984. Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas. Chapter 16, "Crusades and Complacency, 1910-1930," p. 321. Discusses Earle B. Mayfield's election to the United States Senate in 1922. Texas, the Lone Star State, 1970. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Plot 5, Tyler, Smith County, Texas. USGenWeb Project, 1996. Photographs Photograph. Earle B. Mayfield, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Earle B. Mayfield, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Earle B. Mayfield, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 30th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 31st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 32nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 32nd R.S. - 1911 Agricultural Affairs   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Finance   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Labor (Chair)  Mining and Irrigation   Senatorial Districts   State Asylums   State Penitentiaries   Stock and Stock Raising   31st R.S. - 1909 Agricultural Affairs (Chair)  Contingent Expenses   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Labor   Military Affairs   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Penitentiaries   30th R.S. - 1907 New York American, Investigate   Capitol Heating System, Investigate   Federal Relations (Chair)  Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Labor   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Penitentiaries

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