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Charles Salter Gainer Full Name: Charles Salter Gainer Date of birth: December 1, 1870 Date of death: January 13, 1955 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 14 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 3, 1933 42nd (1) (2)   41st (3)   42nd (1) (2)   Democrat Bryan / Brazos Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd)   Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Lee, Robertson, Washington H 22 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th   Democrat Bryan / Brazos   Brazos, Grimes (1) 42nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 9/21/1932. Senate Journal. (2) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal. (3) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 54th Legislature, R.S., HSR 34. Resolutions - Memorial. 54th Legislature, R.S., SR 25. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biography, 1/26/1929, p. 2. Houston Post-Dispatch. Memorial, March 1955, p. 140. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News. Photographs Photograph. Chas. S. Gainer, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Charles S. Gainer, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. C.S. Gainer, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 42nd session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 42nd R.S. - 1931 Agricultural Affairs (Vice Chair)  Congressional Districts   Contingent Expense (Chair)  Criminal Jurisprudence   Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair)  Finance   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Nominations By Governor   Public Debt   Public Lands and Land Office   Representative Districts   Senatorial Districts   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic   State Institutions and Departments   State Penitentiaries   Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair)  Tax Survey Committee (Vice Chair)  41st R.S. - 1929 Agricultural Affairs (Vice Chair)  Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Criminal Jurisprudence   Finance   Judicial Districts   Military Affairs   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Nominations By Governor   Privileges and Elections   Public Debts   Public Lands and Land Office   State Highways and Motor Traffic   State Institutions and Departments   Towns and City Corporations   34th R.S. - 1915 Appropriations   Commerce and Manufactures   Congressional Districts   Education   Internal Improvements (Vice Chair)

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