Walter Calisto Woodward

Full Name: Walter Calisto Woodward
Date of birth: May 16, 1882
Date of death: December 17, 1940

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	25	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935	43rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 42nd ⁽³⁾ 43rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Coleman / Coleman	Senate President Pro Tempore (43rd)	Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green
S	25	Jan 11, 1927 - Mar 21, 1930	41st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ 40th ⁽⁸⁾ 41st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Democrat	Coleman / Coleman	Senate President Pro Tempore (41st)	Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green
S	25	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927	39th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾	Democrat	Coleman / Coleman		Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green

(1) 43rd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 4th C.S., elected 10/12/1934. Senate Journal.
(2) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1. Senate Media.
(3) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(4) 41st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/8/1929. Senate Journal.
(5) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald.
(6) Woodward resigned 3/21/1930. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(7) 41st Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(8) 40th Legislature - Certificate of New Senators and Roll Call of New Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(9) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(10) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal.

Terms of Service top

Senate District 25
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 42nd ⁽³⁾ 43rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (41st)
(41st)
(41st)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coleman / Coleman
Counties in district: Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green

Senate District 25
Jan 11, 1927 - Mar 21, 1930
Legislatures: 41st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ 40th ⁽⁸⁾ 41st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (41st)
(41st)
(41st)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coleman / Coleman
Counties in district: Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green

Senate District 25
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
Legislatures: 39th ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coleman / Coleman
Counties in district: Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

47th Legislature, R.S., HCR 13, 1/17/1941, pp. 121-122. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, January-February 1941, p. 46. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express.

Photographs

Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

39th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
40th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
43rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

43rd R.S. - 1933 Civil Jurisprudence (Chair) Congressional Districts Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Educational Affairs Finance Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Board of Managers Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Subcommittee on Rules of Procedure Insurance Investigating Mining, Irrigation and Drainage Nominations of the Governor Public Land and Land Office Reductions in State Appropriations, Special (Chair) Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Damage Rules Senatorial Districts State Affairs State Highways and Motor Traffic State Penitentiaries Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Steering Committee
42nd R.S. - 1931 Civil Jurisprudence (Chair) Congressional Districts Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Educational Affairs Finance Insurance Judge J.B. Price Impeachment Mining, Irrigation and Drainage Nominations By Governor Public Lands and Land Office Rules (Vice Chair) Senatorial Districts State Affairs State Highways and Motor Traffic
41st R.S. - 1929 Civil Jurisprudence (Chair) Insurance Lease of Land for Travis County Courthouse, Investigate Mining, Irrigation and Drainage Nominations By Governor Public Lands and Land Office Representative Districts Senatorial Districts State Affairs State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair) Stock and Stock Raising Texas Oklahoma Boundary Towns and City Corporations
40th R.S. - 1927 Civil Jurisprudence Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair) Educational Affairs Insurance (Vice Chair) Military Affairs Mining, Irrigation and Drainage Rules Stock and Stock Raising
39th R.S. - 1925 Civil Jurisprudence Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) Insurance Internal Improvements (Chair) Military Affairs Mining, Irrigation and Drainage Restoration of Political Rights to James E. Ferguson, Investigate Rules (Chair) State Affairs State Penitentiaries Stock and Stock Raising

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