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) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 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

Committee Information

• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Assignment and Employment, Special  
• Banking (Vice Chair) 
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Enrolled Bills  
• Internal Improvements (Vice Chair) 
• Judicial Districts (Chair) 
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• State Affairs  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Banking  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
• Contingent Expenses  
• Election Law Violations, Investigation, Special  
• Enrolled Bills (Vice Chair) 
• Nominations of Governor  
• Penitentiaries  
• Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) 
• Public Health  
• Senatorial Districts  
• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Banking  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Commerce and Manufacturing (Chair) 
• Contingent Expenses  
• Finance (Vice Chair) 
• Labor  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Penitentiaries  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• 45th R.S. - 1937
• Commerce and Manufactures (Vice Chair) 
• Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair) 
• Finance  
• General Appropriations Bill Preparation, Special  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judicial Districts  
• Labor  
• Military Affairs  
• New London School Explosion  
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Privileges and Elections (Chair) 
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Health  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• 44th R.S. - 1935
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Contingent Expenses  
• Judicial Districts  
• Penitentiaries  
• State Affairs  
• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair) 
• Crime Investigation (Chair) 
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Penitentiaries  
• Reductions in State Appropriations, Special  
• State Affairs