Joe Richard Pool
Full Name: Joe Richard PoolDate of birth: February 18, 1911
Date of death: July 14, 1968
Terms of Service top
Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | 51-5 | Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 | 55th (1) | Democrat | Dallas / Dallas | Dallas | |
H | 51-5 | Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 | 54th | Democrat | Dallas / Dallas | Dallas | |
H | 51-5 | Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 | 53rd | Democrat | Dallas / Dallas | Dallas |
(1) Lawyer, manufacturer. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
Terms of Service top
House District 51-5
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 Legislatures: 55th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas Counties in district: Dallas |
House District 51-5
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 Legislatures: 54th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas Counties in district: Dallas |
House District 51-5
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 Legislatures: 53rd Party: Democrat Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas Counties in district: Dallas |
(1) Lawyer, manufacturer. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.
Biographical Information top
Selected newspaper articlesBiographical Sketches
- POOL, Joe Richard (1911-1968). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
- Memorial, March 1969, p. 207. Texas Bar Journal.
Military Service Notes
- United States Army, Special Investigator, Air Corps Intelligence, 1943-1945. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
Other Resources
- Joe Richard Pool, birth date 2/18/1911 in Texas; death date 7/14/1968 in Houston, Harris County; served in World War II; Congressman, U.S. government. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- Mentioned in Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade.
Photographs
- Photograph. Joe R. Pool, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Joe R. Pool, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Joe R. Pool, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 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.
Committee Information top
55th R.S. - 1957
Conservation and Reclamation Industrial and Occupational Safety Commission Insurance Motor Traffic (Chair) Privileges, Suffrage and Elections State Affairs | ||
54th R.S. - 1955
Appropriations Conservation and Reclamation Insurance (Vice Chair) Interstate Cooperation Public Printing | ||
53rd R.S. - 1953
El Paso Investigating (Chair) Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair) Municipal and Private Corporations Public Lands and Buildings Revenue and Taxation State Hospitals and Special Schools |
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