Terms of Service

• Senate, 43rd ⁽⁸⁾ & 42nd ⁽⁷⁾ Legislatures
  1/13/1931 - 1/8/1935
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 9/25/1934.
• Senate, 41st ^{(1) (5)} & 40th ⁽⁶⁾ Legislatures
  1/11/1927 - 1/13/1931
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 5th C.S., elected 3/20/1930.
• Senate, 39th ^{(3) (4)} Legislature
  1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
  Democrat
  
• House, 38th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
  Democrat
  
• House, 37th Legislature
  1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
  Democrat
  

(1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald .
(2) "Joe M. Moore, editor of the Greenville Herald, also had a warm race in Hunt county for local representative, but won it by a big majority," 8/3/1922, p. 2. Bryan Eagle .
(3) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(4) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) 41st Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(6) 40th Legislature - Certificate of New Senators and Roll Call of New Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(7) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(8) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1. Senate Media .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

• Photograph. Joe M. Moore, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Joe M. Moore, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Joe M. Moore, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Joe M. Moore, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Joe M. Moore, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Joe M. Moore, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Joe M. Moore, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/2/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch .
• Moore, Joseph M. Texas State Cemetery .

Committee Information

• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Enrolled Bills  
• Finance  
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Insurance (Chair) 
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Public Health  
• Public Land and Land Office  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• 42nd R.S. - 1931
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Educational Affairs  
• Enrolled Bills  
• Finance  
• Insurance  
• Irregularities in State Dept. Finance Matters, Investigate  
• Nominations By Governor  
• Public Debt  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Commerce and Manufacture (Vice Chair) 
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Educational Affairs  
• Enrolled Bills (Vice Chair) 
• General Land Office Investigation  
• Insurance (Chair) 
• Internal Improvements  
• Meridian College  
• Military Affairs  
• Nominations By Governor  
• Public Debts  
• Public Health  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Representative Districts  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• 40th R.S. - 1927
• Commerce and Manufactures (Vice Chair) 
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Constitutional Amendments, Investigate Status of  
• Educational Affairs  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance (Chair) 
• Internal Improvements  
• Military Affairs  
• Nominations by Governor  
• Public Debts  
• Public Health  
• Public Land and Land Office  
• Representative Districts  
• 39th R.S. - 1925
• Commerce and Manufactures (Vice Chair) 
• Congressional Districts  
• Internal Improvements  
• Military Affairs  
• Privileges and Elections (Chair) 
• Public Debts  
• Public Land and Land Office  
• Representative Districts  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Highways and Motor Traffic as of 1/23/1925)  
• Senatorial Districts (Vice Chair) 
• 38th R.S. - 1923
• Appropriations  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Contingent Expenses (Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Land Purchases of the University of Texas, Investigate (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• 37th R.S. - 1921
• Appropriations  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Contingent Expenses  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions