Terms of Service

• Senate, 44th ⁽⁴⁾ & 43rd ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1933 - 1/12/1937
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 9/16/1935.
• Senate, 42nd ⁽²⁾ & 41st ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/8/1929 - 1/10/1933
  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

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 63rd Legislature, R.S., HCR 21. Relatives: Will M. Martin - father, Crawford C. Martin - son. Resolutions - Memorial .
• 46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 322, 6/15/1939, p. 4250. Resolutions - Memorial .
• 46th Legislature, R.S., SR 97, 6/15/1939, p. 2058. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Will M. Martin, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Will M. Martin, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Will M. Martin, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Will M. Martin, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/8/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch .
• Memorial, October 1939, p. 350. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 44th R.S. - 1935
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Contingent Expenses  
• Cotton Export, Special  
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Finance  
• Inspect Property at Milford, Texas, as Housing Facility for Dependent and Neglected Children, Special  
• Internal Improvements  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Judicial Districts (Chair) 
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Rules  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair) 
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Congressional Districts  
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Crime Investigation  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Board of Managers  
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Subcommittee on Rules of Procedure  
• Internal Improvements  
• Investigating  
• Investigating Crime  
• Judicial Districts (Vice Chair) 
• Nominations of the Governor (Chair) 
• Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) 
• Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Damage  
• Rules  
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• Stock and Stockraising  
• Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Steering Committee  
• Town and City Corporations (Vice Chair) 
• 42nd R.S. - 1931
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Congressional Districts  
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judge L.J. Brucks, Investigate  
• Judicial Districts (Vice Chair) 
• Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) 
• Senatorial Districts (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Commerce and Manufacture  
• Congressional Districts (Chair) 
• Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) 
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judicial Districts  
• Lease of Land for Travis County Courthouse, Investigate  
• Meridian College  
• Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) 
• State Free Textbook Law Investigating  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• State Penitentiaries