Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	13	Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 12, 1937	44th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 43rd ⁽³⁾ 44th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Waco / McLennan	Senate President Pro Tempore (44th)	Falls, Limestone, McLennan, Milam
S	13	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Waco / McLennan		Falls, Limestone, McLennan, Milam
H	97-2	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929	40th	Democrat	Waco / McLennan		McLennan
H	97-2	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927	39th	Democrat	Waco / McLennan		McLennan

(1) 44th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 2nd C.S., elected 10/16/1935. Senate Journal.
(2) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/10/1933, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(4) William R. Poage, in special election 11/4/1930, sworn in 42nd Legislature, succeeded to the unexpired term of Edgar E. Witt, resigned after 5th C.S. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) "Heavy Vote Seen on Amendments...Texas Contests One-sided Except Wurzbach-Dielmann in 14th," Tuesday morning 11/4/1930, p. 4. "Three Democrats were running for the post vacated by Senator Edgar E. Witt of Waco...They were Former Representative W. R. Poage of Waco..." San Antonio Express.
(6) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

66th Legislature, R.S., HCR 178. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
70th Legislature, R.S., HCR 37. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

POAGE, William Robert (1899-1987). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.
POAGE, WILLIAM ROBERT (1899-1987). Relatives: William Allen Poage - father, William Robert Poage - son. Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

United States Navy, World War I, "during the First World War served as an apprentice seaman in the United States Navy." POAGE, William Robert, (1899-1987). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.
United States Navy. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Other Resources

Bob Poage Collection. Baylor Collections of Political Materials, W.R. Poage Legislative Library. Digital collection, finding aid, biographical sketch, "About Bob Poage" (Poage Library 30th Anniversary). Baylor University.

Photographs

Photograph. W.R. Poage, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.R. Poage, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.R. Poage, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.R. Poage, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.R. Poage, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.
39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

44th R.S. - 1935 Agricultural Affairs Commerce and Manufacturing Educational Affairs Enrolled Bills (Chair) Finance Insurance Investigating Labor Military Affairs (Chair) Privileges and Elections (Vice Chair) Public Printing Representative Districts Rules Stock and Stock Raising Towns and City Corporations
43rd R.S. - 1933 Agricultural Affairs (Vice Chair) Commerce and Manufacturing Crime Investigation Finance Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Insurance Investigating Investigating Crime Labor Military Affairs (Vice Chair) Privileges and Elections (Chair) Public Debts Public Printing Representative Districts Rules State Highways and Motor Traffic Stock and Stockraising Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Town and City Corporations
42nd R.S. - 1931 Civil Jurisprudence Commerce and Manufacturing Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) Insurance Military Affairs (Vice Chair) Public Debt Representative Districts Stock and Stock Raising Towns and City Corporations
40th R.S. - 1927 Banks and Banking Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Municipal and Private Corporations Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
39th R.S. - 1925 Banks and Banking Conservation and Reclamation Military Affairs Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

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