Culp Krueger

Full Name: Culp Krueger
Date of birth: June 8, 1913
Date of death: October 6, 1979

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	15	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 10, 1967	58th ⁽¹⁾ 59th	Democrat	El Campo / Wharton		Austin, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Lavaca, Matagorda, Washington, Wharton
S	15	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	El Campo / Wharton	Senate President Pro Tempore (57th)	Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee, Waller, Wharton
S	15	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 10, 1961	55th ⁽⁵⁾ 56th	Democrat	El Campo / Wharton		Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee, Waller, Wharton

(1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(2) 57th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 2/1/1962. Senate Journal.
(3) Presiding officers and acting lieutenant governors after Ramsey's resignation were President Pro Tempore ad Interim Bruce A. Reagan; President Pro Tempore Charles F. Herring, succeeded 1/3/1962, and presiding during 3rd Called Session; and President Pro Tempore ad Interim Culp Krueger, succeeded 2/1/1962. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1962 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators.
(5) Businessman, farmer. "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.

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Senate District 15
Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 10, 1967
Legislatures: 58th ⁽¹⁾ 59th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Campo / Wharton
Counties in district: Austin, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Lavaca, Matagorda, Washington, Wharton

Senate District 15
Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963
Legislatures: 57th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (57th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Campo / Wharton
Counties in district: Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee, Waller, Wharton

Senate District 15
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 10, 1961
Legislatures: 55th ⁽⁵⁾ 56th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Campo / Wharton
Counties in district: Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee, Waller, Wharton

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Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

58th Legislature, R.S., SR 29, President Pro Tempore Ad Interim. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
67th Legislature, R.S., SCR 20. Resolutions - Memorial.
Addresses by Senator Culp Krueger, Senator Dorsey Hardeman, Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith, Governor John Connally, and President Lyndon Baines Johnson, on presentation of portrait of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, pursuant to SR 504, 59th R.S., 5/28/1965, pp. 1961-1964. Senate Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, Second Lieutenant, World War II. "Senator Krueger served with distinction and honor in World War II entering the Army as a volunteer in January, 1943, and attaining the rank of Second Lieutenant; he spent 18 months in New Guinea and the Philippines before his discharge in 1946." 67th Legislature, R.S., SCR 20. Resolutions - Memorial.
United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Other Resources

Culp Krueger, birth date 6/8/1913, death date 10/6/1979, burial in Garden of Memories, El Campo, Wharton County. Find a Grave.
"Operation Hometown," Governor Culp Krueger, El Campo, Texas, 9/8/1962. Texas Legislative Service.

Photographs

Photograph. Culp Krueger, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Culp Krueger, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Culp Krueger, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Culp Krueger, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Culp Krueger, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Culp Krueger, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

55th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
57th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
58th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
59th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

59th R.S. - 1965 Agriculture and Livestock Claims Education Game and Fish Interstate Cooperation Jurisprudence Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts Multiple Use and Pollution of All Waters of Texas (Cont. of Bays of Texas, 58th) (Chair) News Media on Proceedings in Criminal and/or Civil Courts Nominations (Chair) Privileges and Elections Water and Conservation (Vice Chair)
58th R.S. - 1963 Agriculture and Livestock (Vice Chair) Bays of Texas (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Game and Fish Interstate-Cooperation (Chair) Jurisprudence Labor and Management Relations Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Districts Nominations Privileges and Elections Public Health Water and Conservation
57th R.S. - 1961 Agriculture and Livestock Allocate Space in Capitol for Two Houses Bay Development and Use Constitutional Amendments Cost of Government Game and Fish (Chair) Jurisprudence Labor and Management Relations Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts Military and Veterans Affairs Nominations Public Health (Vice Chair) Screwworm Eradication (Chair) State Affairs State Building Commission - Constructing State Emergency Operating Center Transportation Water and Conservation
56th R.S. - 1959 Agriculture and Livestock (Vice Chair) Assignment, Special Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expense Cost of Government Counties, Cities and Towns Education Finance Game and Fish (Chair) Jurisprudence Labor and Management Relations (Vice Chair) Nominations Public Health (Vice Chair) Radiation State Affairs Transportation
55th R.S. - 1957 Agriculture and Livestock (Vice Chair) Constitutional Amendments Counties, Cities and Towns Education Game and Fish General Investigating Insurance Company of Texas (ICT), Investigation, Special Jurisprudence Labor and Management Relations Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts Nominations Public Health State Affairs Transportation

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