Terms of Service

• Senate, 42nd ⁽²⁾ & 41st ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/8/1929 - 1/3/1933
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 9/21/1932.
• House, 34th Legislature
  1/12/1915 - 1/9/1917
  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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 54th Legislature, R.S., HSR 34. Resolutions - Memorial .
• 54th Legislature, R.S., SR 25. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. C.S. Gainer, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Charles S. Gainer, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chas. S. Gainer, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch and portrait, Judge Charles S. Gainer, p. 17, "Bryan: Men and Firms of Prominence, Who Make the Business and Social Life of a Lively City: Some Biographical and Business Sketches," The Pilot-Eagle, a combined trade edition of The Brazos Pilot and Bryan Eagle, 9/12/1895. Bryan Eagle .
• Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/26/1929, sec. 2, p. 2. Houston Post-Dispatch .
• Memorial, March 1955, p. 140. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 42nd R.S. - 1931
• Agricultural Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Congressional Districts  
• Contingent Expense (Chair) 
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) 
• Finance  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Nominations By Governor  
• Public Debt  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Representative Districts  
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• State Penitentiaries  
• Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair) 
• Tax Survey Committee (Vice Chair) 
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Agricultural Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Contingent Expenses (Chair) 
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Finance  
• Judicial Districts  
• Military Affairs  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Nominations By Governor  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Debts  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 34th R.S. - 1915
• Appropriations  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Congressional Districts  
• Education  
• Internal Improvements (Vice Chair)