Paul DeWitt Page

Full Name: Paul DeWitt Page
Date of birth: August 23, 1868
Date of death: August 18, 1945

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	19	Jan 14, 1919 - Oct 7, 1922	37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 36th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Bastrop / Bastrop	Senate President Pro Tempore (37th) Senate President Pro Tempore (36th)	Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington
S	19	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 14, 1919	34th ⁽⁷⁾ 35th ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Bastrop / Bastrop		Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington

(1) 37th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/11/1921, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(2) Page resigned 10/7/1922. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) 37th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1921, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(4) 36th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 6/23/1919, 2nd C.S. Senate Journal.
(5) 36th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 5th, 1918, oath of office administered, 1/14/1919, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(6) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(7) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 19
Jan 14, 1919 - Oct 7, 1922
Legislatures: 37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 36th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (36th)
Senate President Pro Tempore (36th)
(36th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bastrop / Bastrop
Counties in district: Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington

Senate District 19
Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 34th ⁽⁷⁾ 35th ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Bastrop / Bastrop
Counties in district: Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

PAGE, PAUL DEWITT (1868-1945). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," The Houston Post, 3/22/1917, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Funeral and photo, "Services Held for Judge Page," Bastrop Advertiser, 8/23/1945, p. 1, crediting Bastrop Public Library.
Obituary, Senator Paul D. Page, by C.W. Webb, and tribute to Judge Paul D. Page by the Bastrop Lions Club, Bastrop Advertiser, 8/30/1945, p. 1, crediting Bastrop Public Library. Born 8/23/1868 in Evergreen, Alabama. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). August 23, 1945 August 30, 1945
Memorial, February 1946, p. 73. Texas Bar Journal.
Biographical sketch, Paul D. Page, Volume 2, pp. 300-301. Born 8/23/1868 in Evergreen, Alabama. Texas Democracy: a Centennial History of Politics and Personalities of the Democratic Party, 1836-1936, 1937.

Other Resources

Paul DeWitt Page, birth date 8/23/1869 in Evergreen, Alabama; death date 8/18/1945 in Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Paul D. Page, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Bastrop, Bastrop County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Paul D. Page, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Paul D. Page, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Paul D. Page, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Paul D. Page, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

34th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, south wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
37th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

37th R.S. - 1921 Civil Jurisprudence Congressional Districts Finance Graft Charges, Investigation of Insurance and Banking (Chair) Labor (Vice Chair) Senatorial Districts
36th R.S. - 1919 Agricultural Affairs Blue Ridge Farm Purchase, Investigate Civil Jurisprudence Contingent Expense (Chair) Finance Insurance and Banking Public Buildings and Grounds Ranger Force, Investigate (Vice Chair) Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Affairs Towns and City Corporations (Vice Chair)
35th R.S. - 1917 Congressional Districts Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Educational Affairs Finance Insurance and Banking Investigation of Expenditures on Capitol and Disloyalty of Certain State Employees Nominations of the Governor Privileges and Elections Rules State Affairs Towns and City Corporations University of Texas, Investigative (Chair)
34th R.S. - 1915 Congressional Districts Contingent Expenses Inspect Capitol Insurance, Statistics and History Judiciary No. 1 Privileges and Elections Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair) Rules Senatorial Districts State Affairs

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