Poet Laureate Selection, Special - 51st R.S. (1949)

Committee Members

Notes

Appointed by Lieutenant Governor 1/18/1949 and Speaker 7/6/1949, pursuant to SCR 9.

Senator Carlos Ashley named poet laureate on 7/6/1949, according to the Dallas Morning News article, "Senator Can Pen Official State Poems", 7/7/1949.

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