Terms of Service

• House, 49th Legislature
  1/9/1945 - 10/15/1945
  Democrat
  
• House, 48th Legislature
  1/12/1943 - 1/9/1945
  Democrat
  
• House, 47th Legislature
  1/14/1941 - 1/12/1943
  Democrat
  
• House, 46th Legislature
  1/10/1939 - 1/14/1941
  Democrat
  
• House, 45th Legislature
  1/12/1937 - 1/10/1939
  Democrat
  
• House, 44th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  9/29/1936 - 1/12/1937
  Democrat
  
• House, 28th Legislature
  1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
  Democrat
  
• House, 27th Legislature
  1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
  Democrat
  
• House, 26th Legislature
  1/10/1899 - 1/8/1901
  Democrat
  

(1) William W. Bridgers, in special election 3/7/1936, sworn 9/29/1936, succeeded William E. Clayton, resigned after 2nd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 50th Legislature, R.S., HSR 97, 2/25/1947, pp. 519-520. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. W.W. Bridgers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.W. Bridgers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.W. Bridgers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.W. Bridgers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.W. Bridgers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.W. Bridgers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.W. Bridgers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.W. Bridgers, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, Hon. William W. Bridgers, Volume I, pp. 468-469. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas 1906.
• William Wade Bridgers, birth date 11/6/1869, death date 10/15/1946 in El Paso. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Memorial, March 1947, p. 123. Texas Bar Journal .
• Biographical note, p. 215. The Legal Heritage of El Paso 1963.
• Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People 1937.
• Biographical sketch, William W. Bridgers, pp. 87-88. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.

Committee Information

• 49th R.S. - 1945
• Aeronautics  
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Labor (Chair) 
• Liquor Regulation  
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Engrossed Bills  
• Labor  
• Liquor Regulation  
• Penitentiaries  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Engrossed Bills (Chair) 
• Labor  
• Penitentiaries  
• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Engrossed Bills (Chair) 
• Labor  
• Liquor Traffic  
• Penitentiaries  
• State Eleemsoynary and Reformatory Institutions  
• 45th R.S. - 1937
• Engrossed Bills (Chair) 
• Labor  
• Liquor Traffic  
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Printing  
• 28th R.S. - 1903
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Federal Relations  
• Labor  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) 
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 27th R.S. - 1901
• Asylums  
• Enrolled Bills (Chair) 
• Labor  
• Mining and Minerals  
• North Texas Normal College  
• Pan-American Relations, Investigate  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Senatorial Districts  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 26th R.S. - 1899
• Engrossed Bills  
• Irrigation  
• Judicial Districts  
• Mining and Minerals  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Stock and Stock Raising