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Margie E. Neal
Full Name: Mary Elizabeth "Margie" Neal
Date of birth: April 20, 1875
Date of death: December 19, 1971
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
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2
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Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935
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43rd
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(2)
42nd
(3)
43rd
(1)
(2)
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Democrat
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Carthage / Panola
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Senate President Pro Tempore (43rd)
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Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby
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2
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Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 13, 1931
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41st
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(5)
(6)
40th
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41st
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(5)
(6)
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Democrat
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Carthage / Panola
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Senate President Pro Tempore (41st)
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Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby
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(1)
43rd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 2nd C.S., elected 2/27/1934.
Senate Journal.
(2)
43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1.
Senate Media.
(3)
42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
(4)
41st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 5/21/1929.
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 - Certificate of New Senators and Roll Call of New Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
59th Legislature, R.S., SR 507, 90th birthday. First woman member of first Democratic Executive Committee (1918) and delegate to Democratic Convention in San Francisco the first year ladies were delegates (1920).
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
74th Legislature, R.S., SR 1069.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
Portrait and biography, Mary Elizabeth (Margie) Neal, pp. 81-84. Second woman elected to the Texas Legislature and first woman to serve in the Texas Senate.
Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
Photos and biography,
Carthage, Texas, 2004.
A Guide to the Margie E. Neal Papers, 1875-1953, biographical sketch.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006.
Biographical sketch, "Margie E. Neal: First Woman Senator in Texas," by Walter L. Harris, Volume 11, pp. 40-50, Spring 1973.
East Texas Historical Journal.
NEAL, MARGIE ELIZABETH (1875-1971). First woman in the Texas Senate.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, from Votes for Women! The Women's Suffrage Movement in Texas,
Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Biographical sketch and photo.
Women of the Texas Senate, 2019.
Biographical sketch and photo.
Women of the Texas Senate, 2017.
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Other Resources |
"Lone Star Lore: Margie Neal," Volume 6, No. 17, August 15, 2002, p. 6.
Capitol Clearinghouse Update.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Margie E. Neal, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Margie E. Neal, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Margie E. Neal, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Margie Neal, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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.
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