Terms of Service

• Senate, 45th ⁽¹¹⁾ & 44th ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislatures
  1/8/1935 - 1/10/1939
  Democrat
  Dean of the Senate.
  Dean of the Senate.
• Senate, 43rd ⁽¹²⁾ & 42nd ⁽⁹⁾ Legislatures
  1/13/1931 - 1/8/1935
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 41st ^{(2) (7)} & 40th ⁽⁸⁾ Legislatures
  1/11/1927 - 1/13/1931
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 3/16/1927.
• Senate, 39th ^{(4) (6)} Legislature
  1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 38th ^{(1) (5)} Legislature
  1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 37th ^{(3) (13)} Legislature
  5/6/1922 - 1/9/1923
  Democrat
  

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1924 due to redistricting. Act approved 1921 and effective Apr. 1, 1924, 37th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 60, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald .
(3) T.J. Holbrook, in special election 5/6/1922, succeeded William L. Hall, resigned after 2nd Called Session [sic]. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(5) 38th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922, oath of office administered, 1/9/1923, p. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(6) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(7) 41st Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(8) 40th Legislature - Certificate of New Senators and Roll Call of New Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(9) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(10) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(11) 45th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fourth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-fifth Legislature," 1/12/1937, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(12) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1. Senate Media .
(13) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in subsequent Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 41st Legislature, R.S. - Memorial address for Senator I.W. Fairchild delivered by T.J. Holbrook, pp. 573-576. Senate Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Obituary and photo, "Ex-State Senator, T.J. Holbrook, Dies," 10/22/1964, p. 9-B. Abilene Reporter-News .
• Obituary, "T.J. Holbrook, Former State Senator Dies," 10/22/1964, p. 2-A. Galveston Daily News .
• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/19/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch .
• Memorial, January 1965, p. 76. Texas Bar Journal .
• See the Austin-American, January 9, 1935, p. 2, col. 1 ("[Representative] Ed Dunlap and [Senator] Holbrook Now Legislative Deans."). Texas Senate, Secretary of the Senate - Memo, January 8, 2002, 'Deans of the Texas Senate' 2002.
• See also the Austin-American, January 11, 1939, p. 7, col. 4 ("Chewing on the inevitable cigar, Thomas Jefferson Holbrook of Galveston, former dean of the senate, roamed through the chamber Tuesday."). Texas Senate, Secretary of the Senate - Memo, January 8, 2002, 'Deans of the Texas Senate' 2002.
• Holbrook, Thomas Jefferson. Texas State Cemetery .
• Biographical sketch and inventory of the Thomas Jefferson Holbrook Papers, Texas State Library and Archives Commission .

Committee Information

• 45th R.S. - 1937
• Banking  
• Commemoration of Texas Independence Day, Special  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish (Vice Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Investigating (Chair) 
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Public Printing  
• State Affairs  
• State Penitentiaries (Vice Chair) 
• 44th R.S. - 1935
• Banking  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish (Vice Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Investigating  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Noncontested Bills, Special  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office (Vice Chair) 
• Public Printing  
• State Affairs  
• State Eleemosynary Institutions  
• State Penitentiaries (Chair) 
• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Banking  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Congressional Districts  
• Finance (Chair) 
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Insurance  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Public Health  
• Public Land and Land Office  
• Public Printing  
• Reductions in State Appropriations, Special  
• Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Damage  
• State Affairs  
• State Penitentiaries  
• Tax Program  
• Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• 42nd R.S. - 1931
• Banks and Banking  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Public Printing  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Penitentiaries  
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Banking (Vice Chair) 
• Contingent Expenses  
• Insurance (Vice Chair) 
• Privileges and Elections (Chair) 
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Public Printing  
• State Affairs  
• State Penitentiaries  
• 40th R.S. - 1927
• Banking (Vice Chair) 
• Contingent Expenses  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Insurance  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• Towns and City Corporations (Chair) 
• 39th R.S. - 1925
• Banking (Chair) 
• Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
• Contingent Expense  
• Educational Affairs  
• Nominations by Governor  
• Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• Town and City Corporations  
• 38th R.S. - 1923
• Charges Against Legislature by Hull Youngblood, Joint  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Finance  
• Insurance and Banking (Chair) 
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage (Vice Chair) 
• Nominations by the Governor  
• Public Health (Vice Chair) 
• Roads, Bridges, and Ferries  
• State Affairs  
• State Penitentiaries