Terms of Service

• Senate, 36th ⁽²⁾ & 35th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/9/1917 - 1/11/1921
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/9/1919, 1st C.S.

(1) 35th Legislature - 1/9/1917, p. 2, listed as "member-elect" in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 7, 1916. Senate Journal .
(2) 36th Legislature - 1/14/1919, p. 1, listed in Roll Call of Holdover Senators. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 42nd Legislature, 2nd C.S., Simple Resolution 9, 9/16/1931, p. 86. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. C.R. Buchanan, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. C.R. Buchanan, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Census of 1930 - Charles R. Buchanan, Snyder, Scurry County, age 60, born in Virginia, lawyer in general practice, wife Alma. FamilySearch .
• Charles Russell Buchanan, birth date 10/3/1869, death date 9/15/1931, interment in Snyder Cemetery, Snyder, Scurry County, spouse Almarine Wright Buchanan. Find a Grave .
• Charles Russell Buchanan of Snyder, "born in Virginia 47 years ago." Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," 3/22/1917, p. 6. Houston Post .

Committee Information

• 36th R.S. - 1919
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Contingent Expense  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Educational Affairs  
• Internal Improvements (Chair) 
• Land and Land Office  
• Mining, Irrigation and Drainage  
• Privileges and Elections (Chair) 
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 35th R.S. - 1917
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Central Investigating Committee  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Educational Affairs  
• Judicial Districts  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
• Senatorial Districts  
• State Institutions and Departments