Carlos Clinton Ashley

Full Name: Carlos Clinton Ashley, Sr.
Date of birth: May 15, 1904
Date of death: February 10, 1993

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	16	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 13, 1959	55th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 54th 55th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Llano / Llano	Senate President Pro Tempore (55th)	Bandera, Brown, Burnet, Concho, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala
S	16	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Llano / Llano		Bandera, Brown, Burnet, Concho, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala
S	20	Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 13, 1953	51st 52nd	Democrat	Llano / Llano		Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, San Saba, Travis, Williamson

(1) Lawyer, ranchman. "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.
(2) 55th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 5/23/1957. Senate Journal.
(3) 53rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/1953, pp. 16-17. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 16
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 54th 55th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (55th)
(55th)
(55th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Llano / Llano
Counties in district: Bandera, Brown, Burnet, Concho, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala

Senate District 16
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
Legislatures: 53rd ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Llano / Llano
Counties in district: Bandera, Brown, Burnet, Concho, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Real, San Saba, Uvalde, Zavala

Senate District 20
Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 13, 1953
Legislatures: 51st 52nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Llano / Llano
Counties in district: Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, San Saba, Travis, Williamson

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Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

53rd Legislature, R.S., SR 278. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
53rd Legislature, R.S., SR 321, invitation to recite poems to the Senate. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
54th Legislature, R.S., SR 347. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
55th Legislature, R.S., SR 536. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
73rd Legislature, R.S., SCR 92. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Texas Poet Laureate, 1949-1951. Biographical sketch and poetry, "Ole Edgar Martin," "Values," "Human Nature," "The Old Town Clock," "I Built My House Upon a Hill," "Service," and "The Ticket," pp. 49-54. Poets Laureate of Texas, 1932-1966, 1966.
Memorial, February 1994, p. 204. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Carlos Clinton Ashley, birth date 5/15/1904, death date 2/10/1993, photos, obituary, burial in Gray Cemetery, Cherokee, San Saba County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Carlos Ashley, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Carlos Ashley, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Carlos Ashley, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Carlos Ashley, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Carlos Ashley, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

51st session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
52nd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
53rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
54th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
55th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

55th R.S. - 1957 Agriculture and Livestock Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Finance Game and Fish (Vice Chair) Jurisprudence Labor and Management Relations (Chair) Oil and Gas Poet Laureate Selection, Special Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) State Affairs Transportation Water and Conservation
54th R.S. - 1955 Agriculture Banking Civil Jurisprudence Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair) Criminal Jurisprudence Finance Game and Fish (Vice Chair) Judicial Districts Labor Oil, Gas and Conservation (Chair) Poet Laureate Selection, Special Privileges and Elections State Affairs State Planning Commission Stock and Stock Raising Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage
53rd R.S. - 1953 Assignment or Employment, Special Banking Civil Jurisprudence Committee of the Whole Senate Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Criminal Jurisprudence Finance (Vice Chair) Game and Fish Labor Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) Public Health State Affairs State Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair) State Planning Commission
52nd R.S. - 1951 Agricultural Affairs Assignment, Special (Vice Chair) Civil Jurisprudence Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair) Corporation Laws Revision, Special Criminal Jurisprudence Game and Fish Insurance Interstate Cooperation Labor Oil, Gas and Conservation Privileges and Elections Public Buildings and Grounds (Vice Chair) Public Health Senatorial Districts State Affairs Stock and Stock Raising
51st R.S. - 1949 Civil Jurisprudence Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair) Criminal Jurisprudence Election Laws Revision Election Laws Study, Special Finance Game and Fish Insurance Privileges and Elections (Chair) Public Buildings and Grounds State Institutions and Departments Stock and Stock Raising Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage

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