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Charles Clinton Small Full Name: Charles Clinton "Clint" Small, Sr. Date of birth: May 22, 1888 Date of death: November 1, 1971 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 31 Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 14, 1941 46th (1) (2)   45th   46th (1) (2)   Democrat Amarillo / Potter Dean of the Senate. (46th)   Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler S 31 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 12, 1937 43rd (4)   44th (3)   Democrat Amarillo / Potter   Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler S 31 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd (5) (6)   41st (7)   42nd (5) (6)   Democrat Wellington / Collingsworth Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd)   Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler (1) See the Austin-American, January 11, 1939, p. 7, col. 4 ("He [Senator Holbrook] is succeeded as dean by Clint C. Small of Amarillo, beginning his 10th year."). Texas Senate, Secretary of the Senate - Memo, January 8, 2002, 'Deans of the Texas Senate', 2002. (2) 46th Legislature - Roll Call of Senators, holdover Senators "who were Members of the Forty-fifth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-sixth Legislature," 1/10/1939, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (3) 44th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1935, p. 1. Senate Journal. (4) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/10/1933, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (5) 42nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 8/12/1931. Senate Journal. (6) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal. (7) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Memorial, December 1971, p. 1123. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Mentioned in son's obituary, August 23, 1997. Austin American-Statesman. Mentioned in TEXAS IN THE 1920s. Handbook of Texas Online. Mary Francis Templeton Walker, family papers, 1891-1970, daughter of State Representative Rufus Lee Templeton of Wellington, Texas, and the niece of former State Senator Clint Charles Small of Amarillo. Texas Tech University Libraries. Photographs Photograph. C.C. Small, 46th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. C.C. Small, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Clint Small, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. C.C. Small, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Clint Small, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. C.C. Small, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 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. 46th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 46th R.S. - 1939 Civil Jurisprudence   Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair)  Finance   Highways and Motor Traffic   Insurance   Local and Non-contested Bills, Special (SR 47)   Local Bills, Special (SR 51)   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Lands and Land Office   Senatorial Districts   State Affairs   Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair)  45th R.S. - 1937 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence (Chair)  Criminal Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Finance   Labor   Public Lands and Land Office   Rules   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic (Vice Chair)  44th R.S. - 1935 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence (Chair)  Criminal Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Employment, Special   Finance   Game and Fish   Judicial Districts   Labor   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office   Rules   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic (Vice Chair)  Texas-Oklahoma Boundary Dispute, Special   43rd R.S. - 1933 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence   Congressional Districts   Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair)  Educational Affairs   Finance   Game and Fish (Vice Chair)  Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate (Chair)  Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Subcommittee on Rules of Procedure   Judicial Districts   Labor   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Public Debts   Public Health   Public Land and Land Office   Public Printing   Rules (Vice Chair)  State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic   Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate   Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Steering Committee   42nd R.S. - 1931 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence   Congressional Districts   Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair)  Educational Affairs   Finance   Judicial Districts   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Public Debt   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office   Public Printing   Rules   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic   41st R.S. - 1929 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence (Vice Chair)  Congressional Districts   Contingent Expenses   Finance   Judicial Districts   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Privileges and Elections   Public Debts   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office (Chair)  Public Printing   Purchasing Land for Juvenile Training School, Investigate   Rules   State Affairs   State Free Textbook Law Investigating   State Highways and Motor Traffic   State Penitentiaries   Texas Oklahoma Boundary

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