Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	21	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd	Democrat	Bay City / Matagorda	Brazoria, Matagorda
H	21	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931	41st	Democrat	Bay City / Matagorda	Brazoria, Matagorda
H	21	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Bay City / Matagorda	Brazoria, Matagorda
H	19	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th	Democrat	Bay City / Matagorda	Brazoria, Matagorda

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 4th C.S., 10/16/1934, p. 19. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/3/1929, p. 9. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Other Resources

Census of 1930 - William C. Carpenter, Bay City, Matagorda County, age 72, born circa 1858 in Alabama, lawyer. FamilySearch.
W.C. Carpenter, birth date 8/13/1857 in Alabama, death date 9/8/1934 [sic] in Bay City, Matagorda County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
W.C. Carpenter, birth date 8/13/1857, death date 10/8/1934, "Son of Dr. Perry S. and Martha C. Carpenter of Vienna, Alabama," burial in Cedarvale Bay City Cemetery, Bay City, Matagorda County. Includes funeral notice. Find a Grave.
Carpenter, W. C. (born c.1871) — of Bay City, Matagorda County, Tex. Born in Alabama. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives 21st District, 1921-23, 1929. Burial location unknown. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries.
Death date 10/8/1934 in Bay City, "Former Solon Dies," 10/9/1934, p. 10. Port Arthur News.

Photographs

Photograph. W.C. Carpenter, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.C. Carpenter, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.C. Carpenter, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.C. Carpenter, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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.

Committee Information top

42nd R.S. - 1931 Claims and Accounts (Vice Chair) Conservation and Reclamation Counties Municipal and Private Corporations
41st R.S. - 1929 Conservation and Reclamation Counties Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) Game and Fisheries
38th R.S. - 1923 Charges Against Hon. Joseph V. Frnka, Investigating Conservation and Reclamation Game and Fisheries (Vice Chair) Insurance Privileges, Suffrage and Elections State Affairs
37th R.S. - 1921 Game and Fisheries Judicial Districts Public Health Revenue and Taxation State Affairs

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