Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Charles McClellan Chambers

Full Name: Charles McClellan "Mac" Chambers
Birth date: September 8, 1877
Death date: March 13, 1933

Terms of Service

Senate, 30th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ & 29th ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1905 - 6/27/1907
Democrat
House, 26th Legislature
1/10/1899 - 1/8/1901
Democrat

(1) Chambers resigned 6/27/1907, no successor. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 30th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) 29th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, R.S., 3/13/1933, p. 825. Death date 3/13/1933, Mayor of San Antonio. Resolutions - Memorial .
43rd Legislature, R.S., Senate Simple Resolution 64, 3/13/1933, p. 762. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. C.M. Chambers, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.M. Chambers, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.M. Chambers, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Mentioned in biographical sketch of father, Hon. Edward Sutton Chambers, married Susie B. Van Dyke, p. 166. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Obituary, "Mayor Chambers Dies of Heart Attack," "Public Rites Planned for Mayor," "Steffler Will Carry On as Mayor," "Friends Pay Tribute," "House Passes Resolution of Grief," and Editorial, "Mayor Chambers, a Gallant Fighter," 3/13/1933, p. 1, 7, 10. San Antonio Light .
Biographical sketch, Charles McClellan Chambers, Volume II, p. 250. Born 9/8/1877 in Clarksville, Red River County; present mayor of San Antonio. Son of E.S. and Sue Bell (Van Dyke) Chambers. Texas Under Many Flags 1930.