George Butler Terrell

Full Name: George Butler Terrell
Date of birth: December 5, 1862
Date of death: April 18, 1947

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	31	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd	Democrat	Alto / Cherokee	Cherokee
H	26	Jan 14, 1919 - Oct 2, 1920	36th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Alto / Cherokee	Cherokee
H	26	Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919	35th	Democrat	Alto / Cherokee	Cherokee
H	16	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913	32nd	Democrat	Alto / Cherokee	Cherokee
H	16	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Alto / Cherokee	Cherokee
H	16	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Alto / Cherokee	Cherokee
H	28	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	Alto / Cherokee	Cherokee
H	28	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901	26th	Democrat	Alto / Cherokee	Cherokee

(1) Terrell resigned 10/2/1920. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

50th Legislature, R.S., HSR 202, 4/23/1947, pp. 1877-1878. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

TERRELL, GEORGE BUTLER (1862-1947). Elected Texas Commissioner of Agriculture in 1920 and held office 1921-1931. Relatives: George Butler Terrell and Henry Berryman Terrell, brothers; George Butler Terrell, father and J. Turney Terrell, son. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, George B. Terrell, pp. 176-178. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Obituary, 4/18/1947. Del Rio News Herald.
"Terrell, That Magical Political Name on Texas Democratic Ballots . . . ," 6/28/1934, p. 8. Relatives: George B. Terrell and H.B. Terrell - brothers; George B. Terrell - father, J. Turney Terrell - son; H.B. Terrell - uncle, J. Turney Terrell - nephew. El Paso Herald Post.
Mentioned in "Under the Dome at Austin," 4/25/1947. Mexia Daily News.
Brief vignettes on members of the 30th Legislature, "Kodaks by the Chaplain," The Houston Post, 5/12/1907, p. 6, col. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Family group sheet, Terrill/Terrill/Tyrrell Lines. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
TERRELL, George Butler (1862-1947). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.

Photographs

Photograph. Geo. B. Terrell, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Geo. B. Terrell, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Geo. B. Terrell, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Geo. B. Terrell, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Geo. B. Terrell, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Geo. B. Terrell, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Geo. B. Terrell, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Geo. B. Terrell, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). 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 Agriculture Constitutional Amendments Game and Fisheries Municipal and Private Corporations
36th R.S. - 1919 Appropriations Conservation and Reclamation Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Cotton Pricing Rules (Vice Chair)
35th R.S. - 1917 Agriculture Appropriations Conflicting Extension Work Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Penitentiaries Tuberculosis Sanatorium
32nd R.S. - 1911 Agriculture Federal Relations Penitentiaries
31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Agriculture Banks and Banking Penitentiaries (Chair) Revenue and Taxation
31st R.S. - 1909 Agriculture Education Penitentiaries
30th R.S. - 1907 Agriculture Common Carriers Education Judicial Districts Penitentiaries Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit Penitentiaries Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
27th R.S. - 1901 Agricultural Affairs Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Education (Chair) Public Lands and Land Office Representative Districts
26th R.S. - 1899 Agricultural Affairs Education Penitentiaries

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