Terms of Service

• Senate, 52nd & 51st Legislatures
  1/11/1949 - 1/13/1953
  Democrat
  
• House, 44th Legislature
  1/8/1935 - 1/12/1937
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 76th Legislature, R.S., HR 213. Resolutions - Memorial .
• 77th Legislature, R.S., SR 825. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Wm. A. Shofner, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.A. Shofner, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.A. Shofner, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance 2001.
• Memorial, September 2000, p. 818. Texas Bar Journal .
• Shofner, William Algee. Texas State Cemetery .
• FBI, United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country 2017.

Committee Information

• 52nd R.S. - 1951
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Congressional Districts  
• Federal Relations  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish (Vice Chair) 
• Internal Improvements  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) 
• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• Insurance  
• Interstate Cooperation (Chair) 
• Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure  
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Health  
• Representative Districts (Vice Chair) 
• State Institutions and Departments  
• 44th R.S. - 1935
• Counties  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Penitentiaries  
• Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections