Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Welly Kennon Hopkins

Full Name: Welly Kennon Hopkins
Birth date: September 3, 1898
Death date: February 27, 1994

Terms of Service

Senate, 44th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/8/1935 - 11/15/1935
Democrat
Senate, 43rd ⁽⁴⁾ & 42nd ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1931 - 1/8/1935
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 10/13/1933.
House, 41st Legislature
1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
Democrat

(1) Rudolph A. Weinert, in special election 3/20/1936, sworn 9/28/1936, succeeded Welly K. Hopkins, resigned after 2nd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(3) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1. Senate Media .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

74th Legislature, R.S., HR 1059. Memorializing 35 members who died in the past two years. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. W.K. Hopkins, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.K. Hopkins, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.K. Hopkins, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.K. Hopkins, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, 3/3/1994. Austin American-Statesman .
Genealogical record for Welly Kennon Hopkins, Cason Family Homepage 2003.
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/16/1929, p. 8. Houston Post-Dispatch .
Died 3/1994. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
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 .
"Tribute to the late Welly K. Hopkins" by the Honorable J.J. Pickle. Congressional Record, 3/1/1994. THOMAS, U. S. Congress .