Lee Satterwhite

Full Name: Robert Lee Satterwhite
Date of birth: January 28, 1871
Date of death: November 29, 1959

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	88	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd	Democrat	Odessa / Ector		Andrews, Crane, Ector, Jeff Davis, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Upton, Ward, Winkler
H	123	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929	40th	Democrat	Amarillo / Potter		Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall
H	123	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927	39th	Democrat	Panhandle / Carson	Speaker	Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall
H	123	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Panhandle / Carson		Armstrong, Carson, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall
H	125	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th	Democrat	Panhandle / Carson		Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Sherman
H	125	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th	Democrat	Panhandle / Carson		Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Sherman
H	57	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	Wortham / Freestone		Freestone

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

Lee Satterwhite, birth date 1/28/1871, death date 11/29/1959, burial in Panhandle Cemetery, Panhandle, Carson County. Includes biographical sketch, obituary from Dallas Morning News 11/30/1959 Find a Grave.
49th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Robert Lee Satterwhite. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Brief biographical sketch, Lee Satterwhite, p. 207. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Military Service Notes

2nd Texas Regiment, Spanish-American War. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.

Photographs

Photograph. Lee Satterwhite, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lee Satterwhite, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lee Satterwhite, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lee Satterwhite, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lee Satterwhite, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lee Satterwhite, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lee Satterwhite, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Robert Lee Satterwhite, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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.
39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
40th 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 Appropriations Live Stock and Stock Raising Penitentiaries (Vice Chair) Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Revenue and Taxation
40th R.S. - 1927 Appropriations Judicial Districts Military Affairs Penitentiaries (Chair) Revenue and Taxation
39th R.S. - 1925 State Departments, Investigate (Chair)
38th R.S. - 1923 Appropriations Penitentiaries Penitentiary Relocating and Investigating Committee, Joint Revenue and Taxation Rules Welfare of the State
37th R.S. - 1921 Appropriations (Chair) Congressional Districts Public Printing Rules
36th R.S. - 1919 Appropriations Enrolled Bills (Vice Chair) Labor Public Printing
27th R.S. - 1901 Agricultural Affairs Blind Asylum Claims and Accounts Engrossed Bills Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Judiciary No. 2 North Texas Normal College Revenue and Taxation Senatorial Districts

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