The 45th Texas Legislature met from January 12, 1937, to May 22, 1937, and in two special sessions, both in 1937, each lasting 30 days.
Sessions
Regular Session: January 12, 1937 – May 22, 1937
1st Called Session: May 27, 1937 – June 25, 1937
2nd Called Session: September 27, 1937 – October 26, 1937
Party summary
Senate
House
Officers
Senate
* Lieutenant Governor:
Walter Frank Woodul (D)
* Presidents Pro Tempore: Regular Session Will D. Pace (D)
1st Called Session – Olan R. Van Zandt (D)
2nd Called Session – Allan Shivers (D)
House
* Speaker of the House: Robert Wilburn Calvert (D)
Members
Senate
Dist. 1
* E. Harold Beck (D),
Texarkana
Dist. 2
* Joe Hill (D),
Henderson Henderson may refer to:
People
*Henderson (surname), description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname
*Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan
Places Argentina
*Henderson, Buenos Aires
Australia
*Henderson, Western Australia
Canada
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Dist. 3
* John S. Redditt (D),
Lufkin
Lufkin is the largest city in Angelina County, Texas and the county seat. The city is situated in Deep East Texas and about 60 miles west of the Texas-Louisiana border. Its estimated population is 35,021 as of July 1, 2019.
Lufkin was founded ...
Dist. 4
*
Allan Shivers
Robert Allan Shivers (; October 5, 1907 – January 14, 1985) was an American politician who served as the 37th governor of Texas. Shivers was a leader of the Texas Democratic Party during the turbulent 1940s and 1950s and developed the lieutena ...
(D),
Port Arthur
Dist. 5
* Gordon Burns (D),
Huntsville
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Dist. 6
* Clay Cotten (D),
Palestine
Dist. 7
* Will D. Pace (D),
Tyler Tyler may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tyler (name), an English name; with lists of people with the surname or given name
* Tyler, the Creator (born 1991), American rap artist and producer
* John Tyler, 10th president of the United ...
Dist. 8
* A. M. Aiken, Jr. (D),
Paris
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Dist. 9
* Olin Van Zandt (D),
Tioga
Dist. 10
* Claude Isbell (D),
Rockwall
Dist. 11
* Claud Westerfield (D),
Dallas
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Dist. 12
* Vernon Lemmons (D),
Waxahachie
Waxahachie ( ) is the seat of government of Ellis County, Texas, United States. Its population was 41,140 in 2020.
Etymology
Some sources state that the name means "cow" or "buffalo" in an unspecified Native American language. One possible ...
Dist. 13
* Doss Hardin (D),
Waco
Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the st ...
Dist. 14
* Albert Stone (D),
Brenham
Dist. 15
* Louis Sulak (D),
La Grange
Dist. 16
* Weaver Moore (D),
Houston
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Dist. 17
* T. J. Holbrook (D),
Galveston
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Dist. 18
* Morris Roberts (D),
Pettus
Dist. 19
*
Rudolph A. Weinert (D),
Seguin
Dist. 20
* Houghton Brownlee (D),
Austin
Dist. 21
* James Manley Head (D),
Stephenville
Dist. 22
* H. Grady Woodruff (D),
Decatur
Dist. 23
* Ben Oneal (D),
Wichita Falls
Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the seat of government of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties. According ...
Dist. 24
* Wilbourne Collie (D),
Eastland
Dist. 25
* Ephraim Davis (D),
Brownwood
Dist. 26
* J. Franklin Spears (D),
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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Dist. 27
* Jim Neal (D),
Mirando City
Mirando City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Webb County, Texas, United States. It is three hundred eighty-four miles southwest of Houston. The population was 166 at the 2010 census. The town gets its name from Nicolás Mirando, a Spani ...
Dist. 28
* Frank H. Rawlings (D),
Fort Worth
Dist. 29
* Henry L. Winfield (D),
Fort Stockton
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Dist. 30
* G. Hobert Nelson (D),
Lubbock
Lubbock ( )
is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northw ...
Dist. 31
* C.C. Small (D),
Amarillo
Amarillo ( ; Spanish for " yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall Cou ...
House
The House was composed of 150 Democrats.
House members included future Governor
Coke R. Stevenson and future State Treasurer
Jesse James.
Sources
Legislative Reference Library of Texas
External links
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