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Cecil Storey

Cecil Storey

Full Name: Cecil Storey
Date of birth: December 21, 1886
Date of death: July 26, 1966

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 13 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th   Democrat Longview / Gregg   Gregg
H 13 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th   Democrat Longview / Gregg   Gregg
H 6-F Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951 51st   Democrat Longview / Gregg   Gregg, Harrison
H 6 Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949 50th   Democrat Longview / Gregg   Gregg, Harrison
H 6 Jan 15, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 49th (1)   Democrat Longview / Gregg   Gregg, Harrison
H 6-F Mar 11, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 48th (2)   Democrat Longview / Gregg   Gregg, Harrison
H 112 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Vernon / Wilbarger   Wichita, Wilbarger
H 112 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Vernon / Wilbarger   Wichita, Wilbarger
H 112 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Vernon / Wilbarger   Wichita, Wilbarger
H 112 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th   Democrat Vernon / Wilbarger   Wichita, Wilbarger

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Not present at organization of the House on 1/9/1945. Oath of office administered on 1/15/1945, p. 37. House Journal.
(2) Cecil Storey, in special election 3/6/1943, sworn 3/11/1943, succeeded Earl Sharp, resigned 2/6/1943. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
55th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Longview / Gregg
Counties in district:
Gregg

Legislatures:
54th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Longview / Gregg
Counties in district:
Gregg

Legislatures:
51st  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Longview / Gregg
Counties in district:
Gregg, Harrison

Legislatures:
50th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Longview / Gregg
Counties in district:
Gregg, Harrison

Legislatures:
49th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Longview / Gregg
Counties in district:
Gregg, Harrison

Legislatures:
48th (2)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Longview / Gregg
Counties in district:
Gregg, Harrison

Legislatures:
41st  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Vernon / Wilbarger
Counties in district:
Wichita, Wilbarger

Legislatures:
40th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Vernon / Wilbarger
Counties in district:
Wichita, Wilbarger

Legislatures:
39th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Vernon / Wilbarger
Counties in district:
Wichita, Wilbarger

Legislatures:
38th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Vernon / Wilbarger
Counties in district:
Wichita, Wilbarger

Terms of service notes


(1) Not present at organization of the House on 1/9/1945. Oath of office administered on 1/15/1945, p. 37. House Journal.
(2) Cecil Storey, in special election 3/6/1943, sworn 3/11/1943, succeeded Earl Sharp, resigned 2/6/1943. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/29/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.
  • Memorial, October 1966, p. 874. Storey moved from Vernon to Longview in 1932. Death date 7/27/1966. Texas Bar Journal.

  • Cecil Storey, birth date 12/22/1885 in Texas; death date 7/26/1966 in Longview, Gregg County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Cecil Storey, birth date 12/21/1884; permanent home address in Vernon, Wilbarger County; chairman, exemption board, U.S. government; draft registration 9/12/1918 in Wilbarger County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  • Cecil Storey, birth date 12/22/1885, death date 7/26/1966, burial in Longview, Gregg County. Includes obituaries from Tyler Morning Telegraph, 7/28/1966; and The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana), 7/28/1966. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary and photo, "Cecil Storey, Legislator for 20 Years, Dies," 7/27/1966, pp. 1-A, 2-A. "Before his retirement as Gregg County's representative in 1958, he had been affectionately referred to as the 'dean' of the Legislature." Longview News-Journal.
  • Selected newspaper articles

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