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Paul Dewitt Page Full Name: Paul Dewitt Page Date of birth: August 23, 1868 Date of death: August 18, 1945 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 19 Jan 14, 1919 - Oct 7, 1922 37th (1) (2) (3)   36th (4) (5)   37th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Bastrop / Bastrop Senate President Pro Tempore (37th) Senate President Pro Tempore (36th)   Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington S 19 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 14, 1919 34th (7)   35th (6)   Democrat Bastrop / Bastrop   Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington (1) 37th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/11/1921, Regular Session. Senate Journal. (2) Page resigned 10/7/1922. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (3) 37th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1921, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (4) 36th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 6/23/1919, 2nd C.S. Senate Journal. (5) 36th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 5th, 1918, oath of office administered, 1/14/1919, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (6) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (7) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches PAGE, PAUL DEWITT (1868-1945). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," 3/22/1917, p. 6. Houston Post. Memorial, February 1946, p. 73. Paul Dewitt Page. Texas Bar Journal. Biography of Paul D. Page, Volume 2, pp. 300-301. Texas Democracy: a Centennial History of Politics and Personalities of the Democratic Party, 1836-1936, 1937. Photographs Photograph. Paul D. Page, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Paul D. Page, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Paul D. Page, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Paul D. Page, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 34th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, south wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 35th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 36th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 37th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 37th R.S. - 1921 Civil Jurisprudence   Congressional Districts   Finance   Graft Charges, Investigation of   Insurance and Banking (Chair)  Labor (Vice Chair)  Senatorial Districts   36th R.S. - 1919 Agricultural Affairs   Blue Ridge Farm Purchase, Investigate   Civil Jurisprudence   Contingent Expense (Chair)  Finance   Insurance and Banking   Public Buildings and Grounds   Ranger Force, Investigate (Vice Chair)  Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs   Towns and City Corporations (Vice Chair)  35th R.S. - 1917 Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Finance   Insurance and Banking   Investigation of Expenditures on Capitol and Disloyalty of Certain State Employees   Nominations of the Governor   Privileges and Elections   Rules   State Affairs   Towns and City Corporations   University of Texas, Investigative (Chair)  34th R.S. - 1915 Congressional Districts   Contingent Expenses   Inspect Capitol   Insurance, Statistics and History   Judiciary No. 1   Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  Rules   Senatorial Districts   State Affairs

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