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Culp Krueger

Culp Krueger
Full Name: Culp Krueger
Birth date: June 8, 1913
Death date: October 6, 1979

Terms of Service

(1) Presiding officers and acting lieutenant governors after Ramsey's resignation were President Pro Tempore ad Interim Bruce A. Reagan; President Pro Tempore Charles F. Herring, succeeded 1/3/1962, and presiding during 3rd Called Session; and President Pro Tempore ad Interim Culp Krueger, succeeded 2/1/1962. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) Businessman, farmer. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal .
(4) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1962 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, ยง3, Election and term of office of Senators .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 58th Legislature, R.S., SR 29, President Pro Tempore Ad Interim. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
  • 67th Legislature, R.S., SCR 20. Resolutions - Memorial .
  • United States Army, Second Lieutenant, World War II. "Senator Krueger served with distinction and honor in World War II entering the Army as a volunteer in January, 1943, and attaining the rank of Second Lieutenant; he spent 18 months in New Guinea and the Philippines before his discharge in 1946." 67th Legislature, R.S., SCR 20. Resolutions - Memorial .
  • Addresses by Senator Culp Krueger, Senator Dorsey Hardeman, Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith, Governor John Connally, and President Lyndon Baines Johnson, on presentation of portrait of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, pursuant to SR 504, 59th R.S., 5/28/1965, pp. 1961-1964. Senate Journal .

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