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Walter Calisto Woodward Full Name: Walter Calisto Woodward Date of birth: May 16, 1882 Date of death: December 17, 1940 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 25 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1) (2)   42nd (3)   43rd (1) (2)   Democrat Coleman / Coleman Senate President Pro Tempore (43rd)   Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green S 25 Jan 11, 1927 - Mar 21, 1930 41st (4) (5) (6) (7)   40th (8)   41st (4) (5) (6) (7)   Democrat Coleman / Coleman Senate President Pro Tempore (41st)   Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green S 25 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th (9) (10)   Democrat Coleman / Coleman   Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Gillespie, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green (1) 43rd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 4th C.S., elected 10/12/1934. 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, Regular Session, elected 1/8/1929. Senate Journal. (5) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald. (6) Woodward resigned 3/21/1930. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (7) 41st Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1929, p. 1. 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.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 47th Legislature, R.S., HCR 13, 1/17/1941, pp. 121-122. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Memorial, January-February 1941, p. 46. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express. Photographs Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Walter C. Woodward, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 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. Committee Informationtop 43rd R.S. - 1933 Civil Jurisprudence (Chair)  Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Finance   Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate   Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Board of Managers   Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Subcommittee on Rules of Procedure   Insurance   Investigating   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Nominations of the Governor   Public Land and Land Office   Reductions in State Appropriations, Special (Chair)  Rio Grande Valley Hurricane Damage   Rules   Senatorial Districts   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic   State Penitentiaries   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 Civil Jurisprudence (Chair)  Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Finance   Insurance   Judge J.B. Price Impeachment   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Nominations By Governor   Public Lands and Land Office   Rules (Vice Chair)  Senatorial Districts   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic   41st R.S. - 1929 Civil Jurisprudence (Chair)  Insurance   Lease of Land for Travis County Courthouse, Investigate   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Nominations By Governor   Public Lands and Land Office   Representative Districts   Senatorial Districts   State Affairs   State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair)  Stock and Stock Raising   Texas Oklahoma Boundary   Towns and City Corporations   40th R.S. - 1927 Civil Jurisprudence   Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair)  Educational Affairs   Insurance (Vice Chair)  Military Affairs   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Rules   Stock and Stock Raising   39th R.S. - 1925 Civil Jurisprudence   Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair)  Insurance   Internal Improvements (Chair)  Military Affairs   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Restoration of Political Rights to James E. Ferguson, Investigate   Rules (Chair)  State Affairs   State Penitentiaries   Stock and Stock Raising

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