Terms of Service

• Senate, 43rd ⁽²⁾ & 42nd ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/13/1931 - 1/8/1935
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 9/14/1933.
• House, 41st Legislature
  1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
  Democrat
  
• House, 40th Legislature
  1/11/1927 - 1/8/1929
  Democrat
  
• House, 39th Legislature
  1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
  Democrat
  
• House, 38th Legislature
  1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
  Democrat
  

(1) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(2) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1. Senate Media .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 49th Legislature, R.S., HCR 22. Resolutions - Memorial .
• 87th Division, Lieutenant, World War I. 49th Legislature, R.S., HCR 22. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Geo. C. Purl, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. George C. Purl, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Geo. C. Purl, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. George C. Purl, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. George Clark Purl, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. George Clark Purl, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Obituary and photo, "George C. Purl, Former State Senator, Dies," 9/23/1943, p. 1, 11. "George C. Purl Funeral Planned," 9/24/1943, p. 26. Dallas Morning News .
• George Clark Purl, birth date 8/27/1892, death date 9/22/1943 in Dallas, Dallas County, attorney and state senator. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• George C. Purl, age 24, birthplace Georgetown, residence in Georgetown, Williamson County. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin) .
• George Clark Purl, birth date 8/27/1892, death date 9/22/1943, enlistment date 12/15/1917, discharge date 12/5/1918. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 1985.
• George Clark Purl, birth date 8/27/1893, death date 9/22/1943, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Williamson County. Find a Grave .
• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/18/1929, p. 7. Houston Post-Dispatch .
• Memorial, February 1944, p. 62. Born 1892 in Georgetown. Texas Bar Journal .
• United States Army, Second Lieutenant, World War I. "In 1917 he enlisted in the Army as a Second Lieutenant . . . " Memorial, February 1944, p. 62. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Banking  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Educational Affairs  
• Federal Relations  
• Finance  
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Insurance (Chair) 
• Internal Improvements  
• Investigating  
• Labor (Chair) 
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• State Affairs  
• State Institutions and Departments (Chair) 
• Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate (Chair) 
• Town and City Corporations  
• 42nd R.S. - 1931
• Banks and Banking  
• Commerce and Manufacturing (Vice Chair) 
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Educational Affairs  
• Federal Relations  
• Finance  
• Insurance (Vice Chair) 
• Internal Improvements (Chair) 
• Irregularities in State Dept. Finance Matters, Investigate  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Representative Districts (Chair) 
• State Institutions and Departments  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Common Carriers  
• Education  
• Federal Relations  
• Fee Officers, Investigate  
• Insurance (Chair) 
• Public Printing  
• Rules  
• 40th R.S. - 1927
• Banks and Banking  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Common Carriers  
• Insurance (Vice Chair) 
• Loan Company Legislation  
• State Song  
• 39th R.S. - 1925
• Blanket Tax for UT Students, Investigate (Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• Public Printing (Vice Chair) 
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
• 38th R.S. - 1923
• Common Carriers  
• Home Builders' Association, Investigating (Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Military Affairs