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Rolland Barr Bradley Full Name: Rolland Barr Bradley Date of birth: November 30, 1896 Date of death: April 14, 1973 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 19-2 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris H 19-2 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris H 19-2 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Houston / Harris   Harris (1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Brief biography, Houston Post-Dispatch, 2/5/1929, p. 10. Card File. Rolland Barr Bradley, birth date 11/30/1896, death date 4/14/1973, biographical sketch, photo, burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Houston. Find a Grave. Memorial, June 1973, p. 603. Texas Bar Journal. Military Service Notes Private, United States Army, World War I. Military grave marker, Rolland Barr Bradley. Find a Grave. Other Resources Mentioned as a leading opponent of anti-evolution bills in the 1920's, p. 58 (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.; HB 378, 39th Legislature, R.S.; HB 90, 41st Legislature, R.S.). Ledbetter, Patsy. "Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929," Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 45-62. JSTOR. Photographs Photograph. Rolland Bradley, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Roland Bradley, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Roland Bradley, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 43rd R.S. - 1933 Labor   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Health   Public Printing   42nd R.S. - 1931 Education   Labor (Chair)  Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Health   41st R.S. - 1929 Congressional Districts   Labor   State Affairs   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions

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