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Charles B. Metcalfe Full Name: Charles B. Metcalfe Date of birth: May 18, 1856 Date of death: December 11, 1941 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 H 113 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th   Democrat San Angelo / Tom Green   Irion, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green H 113 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th   Democrat San Angelo / Tom Green   Irion, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 48th Legislature, HCR 150. Relatives: Charles Metcalfe - father; Penrose Metcalfe - son. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Charles B. Metcalfe, birth date 5/18/1856, death date 12/11/1941, burial in Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green County. Includes portrait, historical marker, profile from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5/21/1936, and obituaries in the Austin American, 12/14/1941, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12/12/1941, and Dallas Morning News, 12/12/1941. Find a Grave. METCALFE, CHARLES B. (1856-1941). Handbook of Texas Online. Other Resources Charles B. Metcalfe, birth date 5/18/1856 in Tennessee, death date 12/11/1941 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, ranchman. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Author of HB 105, 35th 4th Called Session, first women's suffrage bill to pass in the Texas Legislature (1918). Description of bill signing, "This law gave women the right to vote at all primary elections and in all nominating conventions. . .Since Texas had two U.S. Senators and 18 Representatives it gave the women votes for more members of Congress than in any other state possessed, and consequently for more presidential electors." Volume VI, Chapter XLII, Texas, p. 637. The History of Woman Suffrage, 1922. "Charles B. Metcalfe Services Set Here at 3:30 P.M. Today," 12/12/1941, p. 1, 20. San Angelo Standard Times. Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News. Photographs Photograph. C.B. Metcalfe, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. C.B. Metcalfe, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 35th R.S. - 1917 Agriculture (Vice Chair)  Counties   Game and Fisheries   Irrigation   Judiciary   Penitentiary Claims Auditing   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  Public Lands and Land Office   Stock and Stock Raising   34th R.S. - 1915 Agriculture (Vice Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Federal Relations   Irrigation (Vice Chair)  Liquor Traffic   Public Debt   Stock and Stock Raising

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