Terms of Service

• Senate, 54th & 53rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/13/1953 - 1/8/1957
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 3/15/1954.
• Senate, 52nd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/9/1951 - 1/19/1953
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 51st & 50th Legislatures
  1/14/1947 - 1/9/1951
  Democrat
  

(1) 53rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/1953, pp. 16-17. Drew 4-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

• 53rd Legislature, R.S., SR 75. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 62nd Legislature, R.S., SR 472. Resolutions - Memorial .
• 62nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., HCR 15. Resolutions - Memorial .
• 62nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 331. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Gus J. Strauss, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Gus J. Strauss, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Gus J. Strauss, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Gus J. Strauss, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Gus J. Strauss, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Memorial, September 1970, p. 763. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Banking (Vice Chair) 
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Education  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Labor  
• Nominations of the Governor (Vice Chair) 
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• State Penitentiaries  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Educational Affairs  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• Insurance  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Health (Vice Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• State Highways and Motor Traffic  
• 52nd R.S. - 1951
• Agricultural Affairs  
• Banking (Chair) 
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• General Investigating, Special  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Nominations of the Governor  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• State Penitentiaries  
• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Agriculture  
• Banking  
• Contingent Expenses  
• Education  
• Employees Assignment, Special  
• Game and Fish  
• General Investigating  
• General Investigating, Special  
• Nominations of the Governor (Chair) 
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Public Health  
• Rules (Vice Chair) 
• State Affairs  
• Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage  
• 50th R.S. - 1947
• Agriculture  
• Banking  
• Commerce and Manufacturing (Vice Chair) 
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Education  
• Finance  
• Oil, Gas and Conservation  
• Public Buildings and Grounds  
• Public Debts, Claims and Accounts  
• Public Printing (Chair) 
• Public School System of Texas (Gilmer-Aikin), Special