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John William Woods
Full Name: John William "Cowboy Speaker" Woods
Birth date: September 4, 1875
Death date: April 18, 1933
Terms of Service
House, 34th Legislature
1/12/1915 - 1/9/1917
Democrat
Speaker
House, 33rd Legislature
1/14/1913 - 1/12/1915
Democrat
Biographical Notes and Resources
Resolutions and Journal entries
43rd Legislature, R.S., 4/19/1933, p. 1651.
Resolutions - Memorial
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Photographs
Photograph.
John William Woods,
Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph.
John W. Woods,
State Preservation Board
Photograph.
John W. Woods,
State Preservation Board
Other Resources
WOODS, JOHN WILLIAM (1875-1933).
Handbook of Texas Online
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44th Speaker of the House of Representatives: John William Woods. Photo and biographical sketch.
Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016
2016.
Memorial, October 1933, p. 108. First member elected Speaker in second term; first western member elected Speaker; and first prohibitionist Speaker.
Texas Law Review Proceedings of the . . . Annual Meeting of the Texas Bar Association
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Committee Information
33rd R.S. - 1913
Banks and Banking
Congressional Districts
Counties
(Chair)
Irrigation
Judiciary
Juvenile Reforms
Public Lands and Land Office
Reforms in Criminal Procedure
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