Terms of Service

• Senate, 49th & 48th Legislatures
  1/12/1943 - 1/14/1947
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 6/5/1945.
• Senate, 47th & 46th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/10/1939 - 1/12/1943
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. W.C. Graves, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.C. Graves, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.C. Graves, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. William C. Graves, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• William Carey Graves, birth date 12/1/1895 in Franklinton, Louisiana, death date 1/26/1966 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, served in World War I. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• United States Navy, Seaman 2nd Class, World War I, Louisiana. Military grave marker, William C. Graves, birth date 12/1/1895, death date 1/26/1966, burial in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas. Includes obituary in Dallas Morning News, 1/27/1966. Find a Grave .
• United States Navy. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country 2017.

Committee Information

• 49th R.S. - 1945
• Commerce and Manufacturing (Vice Chair) 
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Finance  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance (Chair) 
• Internal Improvements (Vice Chair) 
• Military Affairs  
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• Veterans' Affairs  
• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Assignment and Employment, Special  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
• Contingent Expense  
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Feed Shortage, Investigation, Special  
• Finance  
• Insurance  
• Judicial Districts  
• Military Affairs  
• State Departments and Institutions  
• State Penitentiaries  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) 
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance  
• Labor (Vice Chair) 
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Health  
• Public Printing  
• State Affairs  
• State Institutions and Departments  
• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Civil Jurisprudence  
• Commerce and Manufacturing  
• Federal Relations (Chair) 
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Insurance  
• Internal Improvements (Chair) 
• Nominations of Governor  
• Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) 
• Rules  
• State Affairs  
• Towns and City Corporations