Terms of Service

• Senate, 49th & 48th Legislatures
  1/12/1943 - 1/14/1947
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 47th & 46th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1939 - 1/12/1943
  Democrat
  
• House, 45th Legislature
  1/12/1937 - 1/10/1939
  Democrat
  
• House, 43rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
  Democrat
  
• House, 42nd Legislature
  1/13/1931 - 1/10/1933
  Democrat
  
• House, 41st Legislature
  1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
  Democrat
  

(1) 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 .
(2) 46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-Elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1939, p. 8. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 48th Legislature, HCR 150. Relatives: Charles Metcalfe - father; Penrose Metcalfe - son. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Penrose Metcalfe, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Penrose B. Metcalfe, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Penrose Metcalf, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Penrose B. Metcalfe, birth date 11/24/1893, death date 3/6/1970, burial in Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green County. Includes obituary, "Penrose Metcalfe Dies in San Angelo," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3/8/1970, p. 14. Find a Grave .
• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/28/1929, p. 3. Houston Post-Dispatch .
• "Charles B. Metcalfe Services Set Here at 3:30 P.M. Today," 12/12/1941, p. 1, 20. San Angelo Standard-Times .
• "Penrose Metcalfe, Area Pioneer Dies," 3/7/1970, p. 1A, 2A. San Angelo Standard-Times .
• Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express .
• Memorial, May 1970, p. 389. Texas Bar Journal .
• United States Army Signal Corps, Air Corps. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country 2017.

Committee Information

• 49th R.S. - 1945
• Agriculture  
• Banking  
• Congressional Districts  
• Employment, Special  
• Enrolled Bills  
• Examine Enrolled Copy of HJR 13, Special  
• Finance  
• Flag Presentation to Mexican Army Aviation Squadron, Special  
• Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair) 
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Representative Districts  
• Senatorial Districts  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• Veterans' Affairs  
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Assignment and Employment, Special (Chair) 
• Contingent Expense  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Education  
• Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) 
• Enrolled Bills  
• Finance  
• Highways and Motor Traffic (Chair) 
• Military Affairs (Chair) 
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office (Vice Chair) 
• Representative Districts  
• Rules  
• Rural Aid, Special  
• Stock and Stock Raising (Chair) 
• Textbooks and The University of Texas, Investigation, Special and Interim (Chair) 
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Agriculture  
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Finance  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Labor  
• Military Affairs (Chair) 
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Nominations of Governor  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Rules (Chair) 
• Rural Aid Advisory, Special  
• State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair) 
• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Agriculture  
• Congressional Districts (Vice Chair) 
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Military Affairs (Chair) 
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Nominations of Governor  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
• Public Lands and Land Office (Vice Chair) 
• Rules  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• 45th R.S. - 1937
• Appropriations  
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Conservation and Reclamation (Vice Chair) 
• Crude Oil Prices, Special  
• Equalization Fund, Special  
• Expenditures of Rural Aid Appropriations, Special  
• Nepotism in State Government, Special  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Rules  
• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Federal Relations  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
• 42nd R.S. - 1931
• Appropriations  
• Congressional Districts (Chair) 
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Inspect Insane Hospitals  
• Lease of Land for Travis County Courthouse, Investigate  
• Live Stock and Stock Raising  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Public Lands and Buildings