Terms of Service

• Senate, 44th ⁽²⁾ & 43rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1933 - 1/12/1937
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, 3rd C.S., elected 9/28/1936.

(1) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/10/1933, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(2) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 58th Legislature, R.S., SR 535. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. Roy Sanderford, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Roy Sanderford, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• John Roy Sanderford, death date 6/22/1985 in Bell County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 .
• John Roy Sanderford, birth date 10/3/1895 in Belton, Texas. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin) .
• United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, World War I. Military grave marker, John Roy Sanderford, birth date 10/3/1895, death date 6/22/1985, burial in North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Bell County. Find a Grave .
• Historical marker, Sanderford Log Cabin, Belton, Bell County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .
• 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
• Banking (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Inspect Property at Milford, Texas, as Housing Facility for Dependent and Neglected Children, Special  
• Labor  
• Military Affairs  
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Portrait of Honorable John N. Garner, Special  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Health (Vice Chair) 
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Finance  
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Labor  
• Military Affairs  
• Nominations of the Governor (Vice Chair) 
• Senatorial Districts (Chair) 
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Town and City Corporations