Earle Bradford 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
Legislation

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 - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1911, pp. 1-2. 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 - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(8) 30th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. 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.
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

Earle Bradford Mayfield, birth date 4/12/1881, death date 6/23/1964 in Tyler, Smith County, U.S. Senator, State of Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Earle Bradford Mayfield, birth date 4/12/1881, death date 6/23/1964, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave.
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.

Photographs

Photograph. E.B. Mayfield, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Earl B. Mayfield, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.B. Mayfield, 30th 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 Information top

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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