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Carlos Clinton Ashley Full Name: Carlos Clinton Ashley, Sr. Date of birth: May 15, 1904 Date of death: February 10, 1993 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 16 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1)   54th   55th (1)   Democrat Llano / Llano Senate President Pro Tempore (55th)   Bandera, Brown, Burnet, Concho, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala S 16 Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd (2)   Democrat Llano / Llano   Bandera, Brown, Burnet, Concho, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala S 20 Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 13, 1953 51st   52nd   Democrat Llano / Llano   Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, San Saba, Travis, Williamson (1) 55th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 5/23/1957. Senate Journal. (2) 53rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/1953, pp. 16-17. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 53rd Legislature, R.S., SR 278. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 53rd Legislature, R.S., SR 321, invitation to recite poems to the Senate. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 54th Legislature, R.S., SR 347. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 55th Legislature, R.S., SR 536. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 73rd Legislature, R.S., SCR 92. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Carlos Clinton Ashley, birth date 5/15/1904, death date 2/10/1993, photos, obituary, burial in Gray Cemetery, Cherokee, San Saba County. Find a Grave. Texas Poet Laureate, 1949-1951. Biographical sketch and poetry, "Ole Edgar Martin," "Values," "Human Nature," "The Old Town Clock," "I Built My House Upon a Hill," "Service," and "The Ticket," pp. 49-54. Poets Laureate of Texas, 1932-1966, 1966. Memorial, February 1994, p. 204. Texas Bar Journal. Photographs Photograph. Carlos Ashley, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Carlos Ashley, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Carlos Ashley, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Carlos Ashley, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Carlos Ashley, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 51st session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 52nd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 53rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 54th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 55th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 55th R.S. - 1957 Agriculture and Livestock   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Finance   Game and Fish (Vice Chair)  Jurisprudence   Labor and Management Relations (Chair)  Oil and Gas   Poet Laureate Selection, Special   Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair)  State Affairs   Transportation   Water and Conservation   54th R.S. - 1955 Agriculture   Banking   Civil Jurisprudence   Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair)  Criminal Jurisprudence   Finance   Game and Fish (Vice Chair)  Judicial Districts   Labor   Oil, Gas and Conservation (Chair)  Poet Laureate Selection, Special   Privileges and Elections   State Affairs   State Planning Commission   Stock and Stock Raising   Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage   53rd R.S. - 1953 Assignment or Employment, Special   Banking   Civil Jurisprudence   Committee of the Whole Senate   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Criminal Jurisprudence   Finance (Vice Chair)  Game and Fish   Labor   Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair)  Public Health   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair)  State Planning Commission   52nd R.S. - 1951 Agricultural Affairs   Assignment, Special (Vice Chair)  Civil Jurisprudence   Constitutional Amendments (Chair)  Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair)  Corporation Laws Revision, Special   Criminal Jurisprudence   Game and Fish   Insurance   Interstate Cooperation   Labor   Oil, Gas and Conservation   Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds (Vice Chair)  Public Health   Senatorial Districts   State Affairs   Stock and Stock Raising   51st R.S. - 1949 Civil Jurisprudence   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair)  Criminal Jurisprudence   Election Laws Revision   Election Laws Study, Special   Finance   Game and Fish   Insurance   Privileges and Elections (Chair)  Public Buildings and Grounds   State Institutions and Departments   Stock and Stock Raising   Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage

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