Max C. Smith

Max Carlton Smith

Full Name: Max Carlton Smith
Date of birth: November 22, 1901
Date of death: June 22, 1984

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 66 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat San Marcos / Hays   Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
H 66 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1)   Democrat San Marcos / Hays   Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
H 66 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th   Democrat San Marcos / Hays   Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
H 66 Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd   Democrat San Marcos / Hays   Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
H 81-2 Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953 52nd   Democrat San Marcos / Hays   Caldwell, Hays
H 81-2 Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951 51st   Democrat San Marcos / Hays   Caldwell, Hays
H 81-2 Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949 50th   Democrat San Marcos / Hays   Caldwell, Hays
H 81-2 Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 49th   Democrat San Marcos / Hays   Caldwell, Hays

(1) Cotton ginner, rancher. "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 66
Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 56th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
House District 66
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
House District 66
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
House District 66
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
Legislatures: 53rd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
House District 81-2
Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953
Legislatures: 52nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Caldwell, Hays
House District 81-2
Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951
Legislatures: 51st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Caldwell, Hays
House District 81-2
Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949
Legislatures: 50th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Caldwell, Hays
House District 81-2
Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947
Legislatures: 49th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Caldwell, Hays

(1) Cotton ginner, rancher. "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

Resolutions and Journal entries

Other Resources

  • 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. Max C. Smith, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Max C. Smith, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
  • Photograph. Max C. Smith, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Max C. Smith, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Max C. Smith, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Max C. Smith, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Max C. Smith, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Max C. Smith, 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Max C. Smith, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

56th R.S. - 1959
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Counties  
Labor  
Leasing of Certain Highway Rights-of-Way for Oil and Gas Purposes by the State Highway Department, Special (Chair) 
Liquor Regulation  
Speaker Election Practices, Special  
State Affairs (Vice Chair) 
Texas Commission for State Health and Welfare Services  
55th R.S. - 1957
Appropriations (Chair) 
Charges Against Representative James E. Cox, Investigation, Special (Vice Chair) 
Labor  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
State Affairs  
54th R.S. - 1955
Appropriations (Chair) 
Game and Fisheries  
Labor  
State Affairs  
53rd R.S. - 1953
Aeronautics  
Appropriations (Chair) 
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Labor  
Rules  
52nd R.S. - 1951
Claims and Accounts  
Constitutional Amendments  
Houston Press Story, Investigation, Special  
Labor  
Rules  
State Affairs (Vice Chair) 
51st R.S. - 1949
Banks and Banking  
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Constitutional Amendments  
Counties  
Labor  
50th R.S. - 1947
Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
Game and Fisheries  
Liquor Regulation  
Rural Aid Equalization, Special Joint Legislative  
State Affairs  
49th R.S. - 1945
Federal Relations  
Game and Fisheries  
Liquor Regulation  
Live Stock and Stock Raising  
Public Lands and Buildings  
School Aid Appropriation, Special  

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