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Howard Augustus Carney

Full Name: Howard Augustus Carney, Sr.
Date of birth: January 20, 1904
Date of death: January 17, 1982

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 1 Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 13, 1953 52nd (1)   51st   52nd (1)   Democrat Atlanta / Cass Senate President Pro Tempore (52nd)   Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus
S 1 Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 11, 1949 49th   50th   Democrat Atlanta / Cass   Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus

(1) 52nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 6/8/1951. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Memorial, July 1982, p. 1006. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

52nd R.S. - 1951
Assignment, Special  
Contingent Expenses  
Finance (Chair) 
Game and Fish (Chair) 
Insurance  
Interstate Cooperation  
Judicial Districts  
Labor  
Nominations of the Governor  
Oil, Gas and Conservation  
Rules  
State Affairs  
State Highways and Motor Traffic  
51st R.S. - 1949
Banking  
Civil Jurisprudence  
Counties and County Boundaries  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Employees Assignment, Special  
Finance (Vice Chair) 
Game and Fish (Chair) 
Internal Improvements  
Judicial Districts  
Oil, Gas and Conservation  
Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure  
Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) 
50th R.S. - 1947
Civil Jurisprudence (Chair) 
Contingent Expense  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Education  
Employees Assignment, Special  
Finance  
Game and Fish (Chair) 
Judicial Districts  
Oil, Gas and Conservation  
Penitentiaries  
Public Health  
State Affairs  
49th R.S. - 1945
Civil Jurisprudence  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Finance  
Flag Presentation to Mexican Army Aviation Squadron, Special  
Game and Fish (Chair) 
Insurance  
Internal Improvements  
Investigate Natural Gas Resources, Special  
Judicial Districts  
Oil, Gas and Conservation  
Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) 
Public Buildings and Grounds  
State Affairs  
State Institutions and Departments  

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