Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	15	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903	27th (1) (2)   26th (3)   27th (1) (2)	Democrat	Navasota / Grimes	Senate President Pro Tempore (27th)	Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker
S	15	Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899	25th (4)	Democrat	Navasota / Grimes		Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker

(1) 27th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/9/1901, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal.
(2) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(3) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(4) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Obituary, "Gov. Neal of Navasota Dead: Was Former Lieutenant Governor, Member of the Legislature and Judge of His County," 7/20/1916, p. 7. Bryan Eagle.
• NEAL, GEORGE D. (1853-1916). In 1896, was elected to the Texas Senate to fill the unexpired term of W.P. McComb. Handbook of Texas Online.
• Obituary, "George D. Neal, Former Lieutenant Governor, Died," 7/14/1916, p. 2. Houston Post.
• 21st Lieutenant Governor: George D. Neal. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
• Biographical sketch, George D. Neal, pp. 51-52. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
• Biographical sketch, George D. Neal, pp. 69-70. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 275-276. " . . . Elected to State Senate in 1896 to serve the unexpired term of Senator W.P. McComb, deceased, at the expiration of which he was re-elected for a full term of four years." Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.
• Biographical sketch and portrait, George Douglas Neal, pp. 188-189. Year Book for Texas, Volume II, 1903.

Other Resources

• Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County, 1930.
• George D. Neal, birth date 10/7/1853, death date 7/13/1916, burial in Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County; photos of George D. Neal, County Judge 1884-1886, and George D. Neal home in Navasota. Find a Grave.
• "George Douglas Neal, lieutenant-governor of Texas, 1903-1907, died at his home in Navaosota, July 13, 1916. A sketch of Lieutenant-Governor Neal appears in Raines' Year Book for Texas, II, 188-89." "News Items," Vol. XX, No. 2, October 1916, p. 206. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.

Photographs

• Photograph. Geo. D. Neal, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Geo. D. Neal, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. G.D. Neal, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. George D. Neal, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
• 26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
• 27th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, north wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

27th R.S. - 1901 Counties and County Boundaries   Internal Improvements   Privileges and Elections   Public Debt, Claims and Accounts   Public Lands and Land Office   State Asylums   State Penitentiaries (Chair)  Towns and City Corporations

26th R.S. - 1899 Enrolled Bills   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Penitentiaries   Public Debts, Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Public Lands and Land Office   Public Printing   State Penitentiaries

25th R.S. - 1897 Constitutional Amendments   Enrolled Bills   Federal Relations   General Land Office   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Judiciary No. 2   Labor   Penitentiaries   Penitentiaries, Correction and Reformatory   Public Printing   State Affairs   Treasury and Comptroller's Office (Chair)