Terms of Service

• House, 55th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  

(1) Student. "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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Hershel C. Sherrill, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Hershel Carroll Sherrill, death date 7/15/1994 in Harris County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 .
• United States Navy, Seaman First Class, World War II. Military grave marker, Hershel C. Sherrill, birth date 10/13/1926, death date 7/15/1994, burial in Houston National Cemetery. Find a Grave .
• Candidate announcement and photo, "Hershel C. Sherrill Announces for Representative," The Elgin Courier, 6/21/1956, p. 1. Sample ballot, Democratic primary election, Elgin Courier, 7/26/1956, p. 2. Primary election results, Elgin Courier and Four County News , 8/2/1956, p. 1. "Hershel C. Sherrill of McDade, a young farmer, and a first-timer in politics, defeated Walter Schulz, Lexington newspaper publisher . . . Sherrill succeeds veteran legislator, Henry Lehman of Giddings, who did not make the race this year." Crediting Elgin Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . June 21, 1956 July 26, 1956
August 2, 1956

Committee Information

• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Aeronautics  
• Agriculture  
• Banks and Banking  
• Highways and Roads  
• Public Printing