Terms of Service

• House, 54th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
  Democrat
  
• House, 53rd Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  
• House, 52nd Legislature
  1/9/1951 - 1/13/1953
  Democrat
  
• House, 51st Legislature
  1/11/1949 - 1/9/1951
  Democrat
  
• House, 49th Legislature
  1/9/1945 - 1/14/1947
  Democrat
  
• House, 48th Legislature
  1/12/1943 - 1/9/1945
  Democrat
  
• House, 47th Legislature
  1/14/1941 - 1/12/1943
  Democrat
  
• House, 46th Legislature
  1/10/1939 - 1/14/1941
  Democrat
  

(1) 54th Legislature - shows Chambers served in 48th-54th House; House Journals show 46th-54th. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 54th Legislature, R.S., HSR 261, extending congratulations of members of 54th Legislature to members who have ten years of service in the House. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. W.R. Chambers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.R. Chambers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.R. Chambers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.R. Chambers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.R. Chambers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.R. Chambers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.R. (Bill) Chambers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.R. Chambers, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• William Raliegh [sic] Chambers, birth date 4/10/1880, death date 7/3/1970. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• William Raleigh Chambers, birth date 4/10/1880, home address in May, Brown County, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 .
• William Raleigh Chambers, birth date 4/10/1880 in Marshall County, Alabama; residence in May, Brown County, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 .
• Biographical sketch included in "Checkers" by Mike Cox. Birth date 4/10/1880; death date 7/3/1970. Texas Escapes Online Magazine .

Committee Information

• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Agriculture  
• Appropriations  
• Counties  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• State Hospitals and Special Schools (Chair) 
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Agriculture (Chair) 
• Appropriations  
• Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
• Penitentiaries  
• State Hospitals and Special Schools  
• 52nd R.S. - 1951
• Appropriations  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Counties  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
• Public Health  
• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Counties  
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• State Affairs  
• 49th R.S. - 1945
• Agriculture  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Education  
• Legislative Audit, Special  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
• Revenue and Taxation (Chair) 
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Agriculture (Vice Chair) 
• Education  
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• Rules (Chair) 
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Agriculture (Chair) 
• Common Carriers  
• Education  
• Local and Uncontested Bills  
• Milk Industry, Investigation  
• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Agriculture  
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Education