Terms of Service

• Senate, 38th ⁽²⁾ & 37th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/11/1921 - 1/13/1925
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 3/14/1923, Regular Session.

(1) 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 .
(2) 38th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1923, 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. W.E. Watts, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.E. Watts, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Wm Edward Watts, birth date 5/16/1866 in Texas; death date 11/28/1930 in Cleburne, Johnson County; real estate. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• William E. Watts, birth date 5/16/1866, death date 11/28/1930, burial in Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Johnson County. Find a Grave .
• Obituary and photo, William Edward Watts, "Former State Senator Dies," Cleburne Times-Review, 11/28/1930, p. 1, crediting Johnson County Historical Collective. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Committee Information

• 38th R.S. - 1923
• Confederate Home  
• Contingent Expense  
• Insurance and Banking  
• Nominations by the Governor  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts (Chair) 
• State Penitentiaries  
• 37th R.S. - 1921
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Contingent Expense  
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Insurance and Banking  
• Judicial Districts  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• Town and City Corporations (Chair)