Terms of Service

• Senate, 43rd ⁽⁸⁾ & 42nd ⁽⁵⁾ Legislatures
  1/13/1931 - 1/8/1935
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, 4th C.S., elected 10/12/1934.
• Senate, 41st ^{(1) (2) (3)} & 40th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
  1/11/1927 - 3/21/1930
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/8/1929.
• Senate, 39th ^{(6) (7)} Legislature
  1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
  Democrat
  

(1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald .
(2) Woodward resigned 3/21/1930. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 41st Legislature - 1/8/1929, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Holdover Senators." Senate Journal .
(4) 40th Legislature - 1/11/1927, p. 1, listed in "Certificate of New Senators" and "Roll Call of New Senators." Senate Journal .
(5) 42nd Legislature - 1/13/1931, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators." Senate Journal .
(6) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(7) 39th Legislature - 1/13/1925, p. 1, shows all 31 Senators were elected on 11/4/1924. Senate Journal .
(8) 43rd Legislature - 1/10/1933, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Holdover Senators." Senate Media .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 47th Legislature, R.S., HCR 13, 1/17/1941, pp. 121-122. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express .
• Memorial, January-February 1941, p. 46. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 43rd R.S. - 1933
• Civil Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Educational Affairs  
• Finance  
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Board of Managers  
• Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Subcommittee on Rules of Procedure  
• Insurance  
• Investigating  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Public Land and Land Office  
• Reductions in State Appropriations, Special (Chair) 
• Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Damage  
• Rules  
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• State Penitentiaries  
• Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Steering Committee  
• 42nd R.S. - 1931
• Civil Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Congressional Districts  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Educational Affairs  
• Finance  
• Insurance  
• Judge J.B. Price Impeachment  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Nominations By Governor  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Rules (Vice Chair) 
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Civil Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Lease of Land for Travis County Courthouse, Investigate  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Nominations By Governor  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Representative Districts  
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Affairs  
• State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair) 
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• Texas Oklahoma Boundary  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 40th R.S. - 1927
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Educational Affairs  
• Insurance (Vice Chair) 
• Military Affairs  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Rules  
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 39th R.S. - 1925
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Internal Improvements (Chair) 
• Military Affairs  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Restoration of Political Rights to James E. Ferguson, Investigate  
• Rules (Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• State Penitentiaries  
• Stock and Stock Raising