Terms of Service

• Senate, 57th & 56th Legislatures
  1/13/1959 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 55th & 54th Legislatures
  1/11/1955 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 53rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 52nd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/9/1951 - 1/13/1953
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 51st & 50th Legislatures
  1/14/1947 - 1/9/1951
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 3/1/1950.
• Senate, 49th & 48th Legislatures
  1/12/1943 - 1/14/1947
  Democrat
  

(1) 53rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/1953, pp. 16-17. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1952 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 54th Legislature, R.S., SR 95, 3/1/1955. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 71st Legislature, R.S., SR 578. Wardlow William Lane. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Wardlow Lane, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Wardlow Lane, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Wardlow Lane, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Wardlow Lane, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Wardlow Lane, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Wardlow Lane, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Wardlow Lane, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Wardlow Lane, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Wardlow Lane, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Wardlow Lane, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Obituary, Wardlow William Lane, 2/10/1988, p. B8. Austin American-Statesman .
• Wardlow W. Lane, birth date 10/20/1901, death date 2/8/1988. FamilySearch United States Social Security Death Index .
• Wardlow W. Lane (1901-1988), grave marker inscription: "Texas State Senator 1943-1963," burial in Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Shelby County. Find a Grave .
• Candidate for Shelby County Attorney in 1930 and District Attorney of the 123rd Judicial District of Texas comprising Panola and Shelby counties in 1934. "Wardlow Lane is Candidate for County Attorney," Timpson Weekly Times, 1/3/1930, p. 5; "Center Man for Dist. Attorney," with photo, Carthage Panola Watchman, 1/11/1934, pp. 1, 4. NewspaperARCHIVE.com .
• Memorial, September 1989, p. 969. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Contingent Expenses  
• Finance  
• Jurisprudence  
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts  
• Oil and Gas  
• Rules  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• Transportation  
• Water and Conservation  
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Assignment, Special  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Contingent Expense  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• General Investigating (Chair) 
• Insurance  
• Investment Practices of State Funds, Investigation  
• Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Nominations  
• Oil and Gas  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Rules (Vice Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• Transportation  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• Insurance  
• Jurisprudence  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Nominations  
• Oil and Gas  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Health  
• Rules  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• Transportation  
• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Civil Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Conservation of Paintings  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Finance  
• General Investigating  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance  
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Preservation and Conservation of Paintings, Special  
• Senatorial Disticts  
• State Affairs  
• Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Civil Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Finance  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage  
• 52nd R.S. - 1951
• Civil Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Corporation Laws Revision, Special  
• Finance  
• Judicial Districts (Vice Chair) 
• Nominations of the Governor (Chair) 
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• State Institutions and Departments (Chair) 
• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Banking  
• Civil Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Finance (Vice Chair) 
• Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair) 
• Labor  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special (Chair) 
• Nominations of the Governor (Vice Chair) 
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Penitentiaries  
• Privileges and Elections  
• State Affairs  
• 50th R.S. - 1947
• Banking  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Game and Fish  
• Judicial Districts  
• Local and Uncontested Bills, Special  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Penitentiaries (Chair) 
• Privileges and Elections  
• Rules  
• State Affairs  
• State Penitentiaries and the Farm System, Investigation, Special  
• Towns and City Corporations (Vice Chair) 
• 49th R.S. - 1945
• Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) 
• Investigate Natural Gas Resources, Special  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Public Printing  
• State Affairs  
• Towns and City Corporations  
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Congressional Districts (Chair) 
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Enrolled Bills (Chair) 
• Federal Relations  
• Finance  
• Insurance  
• Internal Improvements  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• State Affairs  
• Textbooks and The University of Texas, Investigation, Special and Interim  
• Towns and City Corporations