Joe R. Pool

Joe Richard Pool

Full Name: Joe Richard Pool
Date 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
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 articles

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

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

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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