Grainger Walter McIlhany

Full Name: Grainger Walter McIlhany
Date of birth: April 28, 1918
Date of death: March 20, 2001

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	87	Jan 12, 1965 - Dec 31, 1966	59th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Wheeler / Wheeler	Collingsworth, Gray, Wheeler
H	87	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 12, 1965	58th	Democrat	Wheeler / Wheeler	Collingsworth, Gray, Wheeler
H	87	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th	Democrat	Wheeler / Wheeler	Collingsworth, Gray, Wheeler
H	87	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Wheeler / Wheeler	Collingsworth, Gray, Wheeler
H	87	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th	Democrat	Wheeler / Wheeler	Collingsworth, Gray, Wheeler
H	87	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Wheeler / Wheeler	Collingsworth, Gray, Wheeler
H	87	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Wheeler / Wheeler	Collingsworth, Gray, Wheeler
H	122	Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953	52nd	Democrat	Wheeler / Wheeler	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler
H	122	Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951	51st	Democrat	Wheeler / Wheeler	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler

(1) McIlhany resigned 12/31/1966. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

56th Legislature, R.S., HSR 540. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 584. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
58th Legislature, R.S., HSR 563. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
58th Legislature, R.S., HSR 565. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
59th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 38. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 502, designating Representatives McIlhaney, Murray, and Smith, Deans of the House, 5/18/1965. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 505, designating Representative McIlhany Dean of the House, 5/18/1965. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
77th Legislature, R.S., HR 1039. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, May 2002, p. 471. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, World War II. "He served his country with distinction during World War II with the Thirteenth Armored Division while stationed in Europe." Resolutions - Memorial.

Photographs

Photograph. Grainger W. McIlhany, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Grainger McIlhany, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Grainger W. McIlhany, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Grainger McIlhany, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Grainger W. McIlhany, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Grainger McIlhany, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Grainger W. McIlhany, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Grainger McIlhany, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Grainger W. McIlhany, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Grainger W. McIlhany, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

51st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
52nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
54th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
58th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
59th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

59th R.S. - 1965 Agriculture Criminal Jurisprudence Highways and Roads Military and Veterans' Affairs (Chair) Rules of the House State Affairs Visit Certain Military Installations, Special
58th R.S. - 1963 Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) Livestock and Stock Raising Penitentiaries Public Lands and Buildings Sociopathic Personalities State Affairs
57th R.S. - 1961 Agriculture (Chair) Conservation and Reclamation Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair) Oil, Gas and Mining State Affairs State-Owned Lands and/or Islands
56th R.S. - 1959 Agriculture Criminal Jurisprudence Interstate Cooperation Livestock and Stock Raising (Chair) Municipal and Private Corporations
55th R.S. - 1957 Agriculture Criminal Jurisprudence House Committee System Livestock and Stock Raising Military and Veteran's Affairs Motor Traffic (Vice Chair)
54th R.S. - 1955 Criminal Jurisprudence Game and Fisheries Livestock and Stock Raising Penitentiaries (Vice Chair) Public Printing
53rd R.S. - 1953 Criminal Jurisprudence Game and Fisheries Livestock and Stock Raising Representation Before the Legislature (Chair) State Hospitals and Special Schools
52nd R.S. - 1951 Agriculture Constitutional Amendments Education Military and Veteran's Affairs State Hospitals and Special Schools
51st R.S. - 1949 Aeronautics Labor Public Printing Revenue and Taxation State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions

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