Terms of Service

• Senate, 44th ⁽⁴⁾ & 43rd ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1933 - 1/12/1937
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 10/27/1936.
• Senate, 42nd ⁽²⁾ & 41st ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/8/1929 - 1/10/1933
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 7/14/1931.
• House, 40th Legislature
  1/11/1927 - 1/8/1929
  Democrat
  
• House, 39th Legislature
  1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
  Democrat
  
• House, 38th Legislature
  1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
  Democrat
  

(1) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(2) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(3) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/10/1933, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 56th Legislature, R.S., SR 87. Resolutions - Memorial .
• 56th Legislature, R.S., SR 579. Resolutions - Memorial .
• United States Army, 7th Division, World War I. "He served his country for seven months overseas during World War I in an infantry regiment of the Seventh Division." 56th Legislature, R.S., SR 579. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Tom DeBerry, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom DeBerry, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom DeBerry, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom DeBerry, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom DeBerry, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom DeBerry, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Tom DeBerry, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Obituary, 11/11/1958. Death date 11/10/1958, interment in Bogata, Texas. Dallas Morning News .
• United States Army, World War I. "After serving in the Army in World War I, he suffered crippling injuries in a dynamite explosion during a celebration of the first Armistice Day Nov. 11, 1919. He lost one hand and the other was mangled. He was blind for a year until sight was restored partially in one eye." Obituary, "Tom DeBerry Dies at Paris," 11/11/1958. Dallas Morning News .
• Thomas Arthur Deberry, birth date 10/14/1887 in Bogata, Red River, Texas. FamilySearch .
• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/20/1929, p. 4. Houston Post-Dispatch .
• Data on U.S. Army Divisions during World War I, 7th Division. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .
• United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country 2017.

Committee Information

• 44th R.S. - 1935
• Agricultural Affairs (Chair) 
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Cotton Export, Special  
• Educational Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Investigating  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Noncontested Bills, Special  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Representative Districts  
• Rules (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• State Penitentiaries  
• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Agricultural Affairs (Chair) 
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Representative Districts  
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic (Vice Chair) 
• State Penitentiaries (Vice Chair) 
• Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• 42nd R.S. - 1931
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• Insurance  
• Irregularities in State Dept. Finance Matters, Investigate  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Nominations By Governor  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Representative Districts (Vice Chair) 
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Penitentiaries (Chair) 
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Insurance  
• Nominations By Governor (Vice Chair) 
• Representative Districts (Chair) 
• Senatorial Districts (Chair) 
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• State Penitentiaries  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 40th R.S. - 1927
• Military Affairs  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• School Districts  
• State Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• 39th R.S. - 1925
• Insurance  
• Liquor Traffic  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• School Districts (Chair) 
• 38th R.S. - 1923
• Common Carriers  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Military Affairs