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Thomas Jefferson Holbrook Full Name: Thomas Jefferson Holbrook Date of birth: July 27, 1878 Date of death: October 21, 1964 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 17 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939 45th (1)   44th (2)   45th (1)   Democrat Galveston / Galveston Dean of the Senate. (45th) Dean of the Senate. (44th)   Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton S 17 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935 42nd (4)   43rd (3)   Democrat Galveston / Galveston   Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton S 17 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 13, 1931 40th (7) (8)   41st (5) (6)   Democrat Galveston / Galveston Senate President Pro Tempore (40th)   Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton S 17 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th (9) (10)   Democrat Galveston / Galveston   Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton S 17 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th (11) (12)   Democrat Galveston / Galveston   Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton S 17 May 6, 1922 - Jan 9, 1923 37th (13) (14)   Democrat Galveston / Galveston   Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton (1) 45th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fourth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-fifth Legislature," 1/12/1937, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (2) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal. (3) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1. Senate Media. (4) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal. (5) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald. (6) 41st Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal. (7) 40th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 3/16/1927. Senate Journal. (8) 40th Legislature - Certificate of New Senators and Roll Call of New Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal. (9) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal. (10) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal. (11) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1924 due to redistricting. Act approved 1921 and effective Apr. 1, 1924, 37th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 60, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (12) 38th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922, oath of office administered, 1/9/1923, p. 1-2. Senate Journal. (13) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in subsequent Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual. (14) T.J. Holbrook, in special election 5/6/1922, succeeded William L. Hall, resigned after 2nd Called Session [sic]. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 41st Legislature, R.S. - Memorial address for Senator I.W. Fairchild delivered by T.J. Holbrook, pp. 573-576. Senate Journal. Biographical Sketches Biography, 1/19/1929, p. 3. Houston Post-Dispatch. Memorial, January 1965, p. 76. Texas Bar Journal. Biographical sketch and inventory of the Thomas Jefferson Holbrook Papers, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Other Resources "Ex-State Senator, T.J. Holbrook, Dies," 10/22/1964, p. 9-B. Includes photograph. Abilene Reporter-News. "T.J. Holbrook, Former State Senator Dies," 10/22/1964, p. 2-A. Galveston Daily News. See also the Austin-American, January 11, 1939, p. 7, col. 4 ("Chewing on the inevitable cigar, Thomas Jefferson Holbrook of Galveston, former dean of the senate, roamed through the chamber Tuesday."). Texas Senate, Secretary of the Senate - Memo, January 8, 2002, 'Deans of the Texas Senate', 2002. See the Austin-American, January 9, 1935, p. 2, col. 1 ("[Representative] Ed Dunlap and [Senator] Holbrook Now Legislative Deans."). Texas Senate, Secretary of the Senate - Memo, January 8, 2002, 'Deans of the Texas Senate', 2002. Holbrook, Thomas Jefferson. Texas State Cemetery. Photographs Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. T.J. Holbrook, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 37th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 38th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 39th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 40th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 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. 43rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 44th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 45th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 45th R.S. - 1937 Banking   Commemoration of Texas Independence Day, Special   Commerce and Manufactures   Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Finance   Game and Fish (Vice Chair)  Insurance   Interstate Cooperation   Investigating (Chair)  Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Public Health (Chair)  Public Lands and Land Office   Public Printing   State Affairs   State Penitentiaries (Vice Chair)  44th R.S. - 1935 Banking   Commerce and Manufacturing   Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Finance   Game and Fish (Vice Chair)  Insurance   Interstate Cooperation   Investigating   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Noncontested Bills, Special   Poet Laureate Selection, Special   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office (Vice Chair)  Public Printing   State Affairs   State Eleemosynary Institutions   State Penitentiaries (Chair)  43rd R.S. - 1933 Banking   Commerce and Manufacturing   Congressional Districts   Finance (Chair)  Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate   Insurance   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Public Health   Public Land and Land Office   Public Printing   Reductions in State Appropriations, Special   Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Damage   State Affairs   State Penitentiaries   Tax Program   Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate   42nd R.S. - 1931 Banks and Banking   Commerce and Manufacturing   Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments (Chair)  Insurance   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Privileges and Elections   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office   Public Printing   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic   State Penitentiaries   41st R.S. - 1929 Banking (Vice Chair)  Contingent Expenses   Insurance (Vice Chair)  Privileges and Elections (Chair)  Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office   Public Printing   State Affairs   State Penitentiaries   40th R.S. - 1927 Banking (Vice Chair)  Contingent Expenses   Criminal Jurisprudence   Insurance   Privileges and Elections   Public Health   State Affairs   Towns and City Corporations (Chair)  39th R.S. - 1925 Banking (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments (Chair)  Contingent Expense   Educational Affairs   Nominations by Governor   Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair)  State Affairs   Town and City Corporations   38th R.S. - 1923 Charges Against Legislature by Hull Youngblood, Joint   Civil Jurisprudence   Finance   Insurance and Banking (Chair)  Mining, Irrigation and Drainage (Vice Chair)  Nominations by the Governor   Public Health (Vice Chair)  Roads, Bridges, and Ferries   State Affairs   State Penitentiaries

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