Terms of Service

• Senate, 46th ^{(1) (3)} & 45th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
  7/23/1938 - 9/13/1940
  Democrat
  

(1) Hardin resigned 9/13/1940. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Ross Hardin, in special election 7/23/1938, succeeded to unexpired term of William Newton, Sr., died 5/21/1938. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fifth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-sixth Legislature," 1/10/1939, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 46th Legislature, SR 50, and address of Senator Doss Hardin to fellow twins. Relatives: Doss Hardin and Ross Hardin - twin brothers. Senate Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. Doss Hardin, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Doss Hardin, death date 3/29/1984 in Tarrant County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 .
• Doss Hardin, birth date 3/27/1911, death date 3/29/1984, burial in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas. Find a Grave .
• Obituary and death notice, Doss Hardin, 3/31/1984, p. 42. Born in Prairie Hill 3/27/1911, served in the Texas Senate for Waco and adjoining counties in 1938, died 3/29/1984. "As a two-term state senator, Hardin and his brother, former state Rep. Ross Hardin, co-sponsored legislation that became the Texas Old Age Pension Act." Fort Worth Star-Telegram .

Committee Information

• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) 
• Engrossed Bills  
• Federal Relations  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance  
• Internal Improvements  
• Labor  
• Privileges and Elections (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• State Institutions and Departments