Terms of Service

• Senate, 34th ⁽¹⁾ & 33rd ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
  1/14/1913 - 1/9/1917
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/29/1915, 1st C.S.
  Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 9/11/1914, 2nd C.S., due to the vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor and the absence of the President Pro Tem.

(1) 34th Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(2) 33rd Legislature - List of Senators elected on November 5, 1912, oath of office administered, 1/14/1913, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. James R. Wiley, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. James R. Wiley, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Portrait and biographical sketch. Interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Denton, Denton County, TX. Birth date 1/1/1872; deat date 4/5/1966. Find a Grave .
• Memorial, May 1966, p. 406. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 34th R.S. - 1915
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Contingent Expenses (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Senatorial Districts  
• Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments  
• 33rd R.S. - 1913
• Coastal Waters of Texas  
• Educational Affairs  
• Finance  
• Insurance, Statistics and History  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Public Debt, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments