Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	10	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903	27th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 26th ⁽³⁾ 27th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Cleburne / Johnson	Senate President Pro Tempore (27th)	Ellis, Hill, Johnson

(1) 27th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 9/4/1901, 1st C.S.; and 2nd 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.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

39th Legislature, R.S., SR 74, 3/16/1925, pp. 1056-1057. Birth date 12/30/1867, death date 12/12/1924. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Hon. Daniel Weldon Odell, Volume II, p. 164. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.
Biographical sketch, Daniel W. Odell, pp. 70. Born 12/30/1867 in Crockett. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Daniel Weldon Odell, born in Crockett, death date 12/12/1924 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
D.W. Odell, birth date 12/30/1866, death date 12/12/1924, burial in Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County. Find a Grave.
Died 12/12/1924, Chairman Industrial Accident Board 1917-1918. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
Obituary, "Senator Odell, Noted Texas Lawyer Dies in Fort Worth," 12/13/1924, p. 1. McKinney Courier-Gazette.

Photographs

Photograph. D.W. Odell, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. D.W. Odell, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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 Agricultural Affairs Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Labor Public Buildings and Grounds Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Affairs (Chair)
26th R.S. - 1899 Constitutional Amendments Insurance, Statistics and History Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Public Debts, Claims and Accounts Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair) State Affairs

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