Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Ashley Elijah Wood

Full Name: Ashley Elijah Wood
Birth date: December 14, 1885
Death date: September 13, 1955

Terms of Service

Senate, 40th ⁽⁵⁾ & 39th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1925 - 1/8/1929
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/11/1927.
Senate, 38th ⁽³⁾ & 37th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/11/1921 - 1/13/1925
Democrat

(1) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 37th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 2nd, 1920, oath of office administered, 1/11/1921, pp. 2-3. Senate Journal .
(3) 38th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1923, p. 1. 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) 40th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

38th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, "On Members of the Senate," pp. 325-326. Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. A.E. Wood, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.E. Wood, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.E. Wood, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.E. Wood, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News .
Memorial, October 1955, p. 606. Texas Bar Journal .
Wood, Ashley Elijah. Texas State Cemetery .