The 46th Texas Legislature met from January 10, 1939, to June 21, 1939. All members present during this session were elected in the 1938 general elections.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 10, 1939 – June 21, 1939

Party summary

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

* Lieutenant Governor: Coke R. Stevenson (D) * President Pro Tempore: Weaver Moore (D)

House

* Speaker of the House: Robert Emmett Morse (D)

Members

Senate

Dist. 1 * E. Harold Beck (D), Texarkana Dist. 2 * Joe Hill (D),

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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 Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in th ...

Dist. 6 * Clay Cotten (D), Palestine Dist. 7 * Will D. Pace (D),

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Dist. 8 * A. M. Aiken, Jr. (D),

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Dist. 9 * Olin Van Zandt (D), Tioga Dist. 10 * Claude Isbell (D), Rockwall Dist. 11 * William Graves (D),

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

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 Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...

Dist. 17 * William Stone (D),

Galveston Galveston ( ) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 47,743 in 2010, is the county seat of surrounding Ga ...

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 * Royston Lanning (D), Jacksboro Dist. 23 * George Moffett (D), Chillicothe Dist. 24 * Wilbourne Collie (D), Eastland Dist. 25 * Penrose Metcalfe (D),

San Angelo San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Pl ...

Dist. 26 * J. Franklin Spears (D),

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Dist. 27 * Rogers Kelly (D), Edinburg Dist. 28 * Jesse Martin (D), Fort Worth 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 in Texas, Interstate 10, future Interstate 14, U.S. Highways U.S. Route 67 (Texas), 67, U.S. Route 285 (Texas), 285, and U.S. R ...

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

Price Daniel Marion Price Daniel Sr. (October 10, 1910August 25, 1988), was an American jurist and politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Senator and the 38th governor of Texas. He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to be a member of the Na ...

and future U.S. Representative

Homer Thornberry William Homer Thornberry (January 9, 1909 – December 12, 1995) was an American politician and judge. He served as the United States representative from the 10th congressional district of Texas from 1949 to 1963. From 1963 to 1965 he was a j ...

Sources

Legislative Reference Library of Texas

External links

{{TexasLegislatures 46th Texas Legislature 1939 in Texas 1939 U.S. legislative sessions