Terms of Service

• Senate, 37th ⁽²⁾ & 36th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/14/1919 - 1/9/1923
  Democrat
  

(1) 36th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 5th, 1918, oath of office administered, 1/14/1919, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(2) 37th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1921, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. R.P. Dorough, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. R.P. Dorough, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Robert Pierce Dorough, birth date 10/1/1877 in Tyler; death date 10/23/1960 in Texarkana, Bowie County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Robert P. Dorough, birth date 10/1/1877, death date 10/23/1960, burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, Bowie County. Find a Grave .
• 37th Legislature (1921) - R.P. Dorough, Texarkana, Bowie County, age 44, lawyer, member former legislature: 36th Senate. Texas Legislative Manual .
• Biographical sketch, Robert P. Dorough, Volume V, pp. 245-246. Robert Pierce Dorough, born 10/1/1876 in Tyler, Smith County; married Leah Irene Heeter 2/15/1899; elected state senator in 1919. Texas Under Many Flags 1930.

Committee Information

• 37th R.S. - 1921
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Privileges and Elections (Chair) 
• Rules (Chair) 
• State Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Town and City Corporations  
• 36th R.S. - 1919
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Claims and Accounts  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Internal Improvements (Vice Chair) 
• Judicial Districts (Chair) 
• Labor  
• Parole Law Revision  
• Privileges and Elections  
• State Penitentiaries  
• Stock and Stock Raising