Texas Legislators: Past & Present

E. Harold Beck

Full Name: Edwin Harold Beck
Birth date: April 3, 1900
Death date: January 11, 1983

Terms of Service

Senate, 48th & 47th Legislatures
1/14/1941 - 1/9/1945
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 9/9/1941.
Senate, 46th ⁽⁵⁾ & 45th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1937 - 1/14/1941
Democrat
Senate, 44th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
9/28/1936 - 1/12/1937
Democrat
House, 44th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/8/1935 - 3/25/1936
Democrat
House, 43rd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
Democrat

(1) "Beck Resigns Senate Post," 3/25/1936. Dateline 3/24/1936, "Dr. J.W.E.H. Beck of DeKalb resigned today as senator from the Texarkana district . . ." Galveston Daily News .
(2) Attorney at law. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal .
(3) In Senate, E. Harold Beck, in special election 4/18/1936, sworn 9/28/1936, succeeded John W. E. H. Beck, resigned after 2nd C.S. In House, George H. Harper, sworn 9/28/1936, succeeded E. Harold Beck, resigned 3/25/1936. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) 45th Legislature - Oath of Office Administered to Senators-Elect, 1/12/1937, p. 2. Senate Journal .
(5) 46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fifth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-sixth Legislature," 1/10/1939, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

64th Legislature, R.S., SR 196. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
68th Legislature, R.S., HCR 33. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. E. Harold Beck, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E. Harold Beck, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E. Harold Beck, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E. Harold Beck, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E. Harold Beck, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E. Harold Beck, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E. Harold Beck, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

United States Army, Private, Students Army Training Corps, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana to discharge. World War I. Edwin H. Beck, residence in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas; birth date 4/3/1900 in De Queen, Arkansas. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin) .
Edwin Harold Beck, permanent home address in Texarkana; birth date 4/3/1900; student, Tulane University; father Dr. E.L. Beck of Texarkana; draft registration 9/12/1918 in Bowie County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 .
Edwin Harold Beck, birth date 4/3/1900 in De Queen, Arkansas; State Senator; draft registration 2/16/1942 in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 .
E. Harold Beck, birth date 4/3/1900, death date 1/11/1983, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Bowie County. Find a Grave .