Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Earle Bradford Mayfield

Full Name: Earle Bradford Mayfield
Birth date: April 12, 1881
Death date: June 23, 1964

Terms of Service

Senate, 32nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
1/10/1911 - 9/25/1912
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 8/29/1911, 1st C.S.
Senate, 31st ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ & 30th ⁽⁶⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1907 - 1/10/1911
Democrat

(1) "The attorney general has been called on to find a way out of dilemma occasioned by the forthcoming resignation of Earl B. Mayfield to assume the duties of railroad commissioner...", 9/24/1912, p. 2. Abilene Daily Reporter .
(2) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.
(3) Mayfield resigned 9/25/1912. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Charles W. Taylor, in special election 11/5/1912, succeeded Earle B. Mayfield, resigned 9/25/1912. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(6) 30th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(7) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1911, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

58th Legislature, R.S., SR 553, welcome, address to the Senate printed in Senate Journal, 5/16/1963, pp. 1206-1209. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

Photograph. E.B. Mayfield, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Earl B. Mayfield, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.B. Mayfield, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

MAYFIELD, Earle Bradford (1881-1964). Senator, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
Earle Bradford Mayfield, birth date 4/12/1881, death date 6/23/1964 in Tyler, Smith County, U.S. Senator, State of Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Earle Bradford Mayfield, birth date 4/12/1881, death date 6/23/1964, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave .
MAYFIELD, EARLE BRADFORD (1881-1964). Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928 1984.
Portrait, Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928 1984.
Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas .
Memorial, October 1964, p. 843. Texas Bar Journal .
Chapter 16, "Crusades and Complacency, 1910-1930," p. 321. Discusses Earle B. Mayfield's election to the United States Senate in 1922. Texas, the Lone Star State 1970.
Portrait and biographical sketch. The Texas Senator 1978.