Terms of Service

• House, 46th Legislature
  1/10/1939 - 1/14/1941
  Democrat
  
• House, 45th Legislature
  1/12/1937 - 1/10/1939
  Democrat
  
• House, 44th Legislature
  1/8/1935 - 1/12/1937
  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
  
• House, 38th Legislature
  1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
  Democrat
  
• House, 37th Legislature
  1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
  Democrat
  
• House, 36th Legislature
  1/14/1919 - 1/11/1921
  Democrat
  
• House, 35th Legislature
  1/9/1917 - 1/14/1919
  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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 49th Legislature, R.S., HSR 36, 1/22/1945, pp. 92-93. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. W.E. Pope, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.E. Pope, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.E. Pope, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.E. Pope, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.E. Pope, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.E. Pope, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.E. Pope, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.E. Pope, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.E. Pope, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.E. Pope, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• T.H. McGregor of Austin, Preston L. Anderson of San Antonio, John M. Mathis of Houston, and "Uncle Elmer" Pope of Corpus Christi, "Austinite Last of Famed 'Four Horsemen'," 10/22/1952, p. 4. Austin American .
• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/1/1929, p. 4. Houston Post-Dispatch .
• Memorial, February 1945, p. 105. "Dean of the House, and is credited with introducing more bills than any other senator or representative of his time." Texas Bar Journal .
• Photo, biographical sketch, and description of the Walter Elmer Pope papers, W.E. Pope Papers .

Committee Information

• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• Rules (Chair) 
• 45th R.S. - 1937
• Common Carriers  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• Rules  
• 44th R.S. - 1935
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Cotton Export, Special  
• Enrolled Bills  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• Requesting Governor to Give Certain Information In Regard to State Planning Board, Special  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• Rules (Chair) 
• State Departments and Permanent School Fund, Special  
• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Appropriations  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• Rules (Chair) 
• 42nd R.S. - 1931
• Banks and Banking  
• Common Carriers  
• Moody Chair Purchase, Investigate  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Banks and Banking  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
• 37th R.S. - 1921
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• State Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• 36th R.S. - 1919
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Game and Fisheries  
• Goodnight Ranch Visit  
• Municipal and Private Corporations (Chair) 
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 35th R.S. - 1917
• Charges Against James E. Ferguson, Governor, Investigate  
• Irrigation  
• Judicial Districts  
• Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) 
• Reforms in Criminal Procedure  
• Revenue and Taxation