The 49th Texas Legislature met from January 9, 1945, to June 5, 1945. All members present during this session were elected in the 1944 general elections.
Sessions
Regular Session: January 9, 1945 - June 5, 1945
Party summary
Senate
House
Officers
Senate
* Lieutenant Governor:
John Lee Smith
John Lee Smith (May 16, 1894 – September 26, 1963) was the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Texas serving under Governor Coke R. Stevenson during World War II and a vocal opponent of Texas labor unions during his tenure.
Born May 16, 1894 at Chico, ...
(D)
* President Pro Tempore: George C. Moffett (D),
William Graves (D)
House
* Speaker of the House: Claud H. Gilmer (D)
Members
Senate
Dist. 1
* Howard A. Carney (D),
Atlanta
Dist. 2
* Wardlow Lane (D),
Center
Dist. 3
*
Ben Ramsey (D),
San Augustine
San Augustine is the county seat city of San Augustine County, Texas, in East Texas, United States. The population was at the 2020 census.
History
The first European settlement in the area began in 1717 with the establishment of Mission Nuestra ...
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 lieutenan ...
(D),
Port Arthur
Dist. 5
* Roger A. Knight (D),
Madisonville
Dist. 6
* James E. Taylor (D),
Kerens
Dist. 7
*
T. C. Chadick (D),
Quitman
Dist. 8
* A. M. Aiken, Jr. (D),
Paris
Dist. 9
* Charles R. Jones (D),
Bonham
Dist. 10
* G. C. Morris (D),
Greenville
Dist. 11
*
William Graves (D),
Dallas
Dist. 12
* A. B. Crawford (D),
Granbury
Dist. 13
* Kyle Vick (D),
Waco
Dist. 14
* Joseph Alton York (D),
Bryan
Bryan may refer to:
Places United States
* Bryan, Arkansas
* Bryan, Kentucky
* Bryan, Ohio
* Bryan, Texas
* Bryan, Wyoming, a ghost town in Sweetwater County in the U.S. state of Wyoming
* Bryan Township (disambiguation)
Facilities and structur ...
Dist. 15
* Louis Sulak (D),
La Grange
Dist. 16
* Weaver Moore (D),
Houston
Dist. 17
* William Stone (D),
Galveston
Dist. 18
* Fred Mauritz (D),
Ganado
Dist. 19
*
Rudolph A. Weinert
Rudolph A. Weinert (December 19, 1894 – January 24, 1974) was a politician from Seguin, Texas, who served in the Texas Senate for 27 years.
Early life and family
Rudolph A. Weinert was born December 19, 1894. Weinert was married to Johnnye Po ...
(D),
Seguin
Dist. 20
* James A. Stanford (D),
Austin
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
Dist. 21
* Buster Brown (D),
Temple
Dist. 22
* Royston Lanning (D),
Jacksboro
Dist. 23
* George Moffett (D),
Chillicothe
Dist. 24
* Pat Bullock (D),
Colorado City
Dist. 25
* Penrose Metcalfe (D),
San Angelo
Dist. 26
* J. Franklin Spears (D),
San Antonio
Dist. 27
* Rogers Kelly (D),
Edinburg
Dist. 28
* Jesse Martin (D),
Fort Worth
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...
Dist. 29
* Henry L. Winfield (D),
Fort Stockton
Fort Stockton is a city in and the county seat of Pecos County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 10, future Interstate 14, U.S. Highways 67, 285, and 385, and the Santa Fe Railroad, northwest of San Antonio and southeast of ...
Dist. 30
* Sterling J. Parrish (D),
Lubbock
Dist. 31
* Grady Hazlewood (D),
Amarillo
House
The House was composed of 150 Democrats.
House members included future Governor
Preston Smith Preston Smith may refer to:
* Preston Smith (American football coach) (1871–1945), American football coach at Colgate University
* Preston Smith (linebacker) (born 1992), American football outside linebacker
* Preston Smith (governor) (1912–20 ...
.
Sources
* Legislative Reference Library of Texas
External links
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