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E. Harold Beck

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 .

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