Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Charles Salter Gainer

Full Name: Charles Salter Gainer
Birth date: December 1, 1870
Death date: January 13, 1955

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

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 .