Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	23	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 13, 1931	40th (3)   41st (1) (2)	Democrat	Graham / Young		Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young
H	109	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927	39th	Democrat	Graham / Young		Jack, Young
H	109	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Graham / Young		Jack, Young

(1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald.
(2) 41st Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 40th Legislature - Certificate of New Senators and Roll Call of New Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 67th Legislature, R.S., SCR 57. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• McFARLANE, William Doddridge (1894-1980). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.
• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/20/1929, p. 4. Houston Post-Dispatch.
• Memorial, September 1980, p. 854. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

• "During the First World War was commissioned a second lieutenant in August 1918, and served until honorably discharged on December 13, 1918." McFARLANE, William Doddridge (1894-1980). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.
• William Doddridge McFarlane, 2nd Lieutenant Infantry, birth date 7/17/1894, residence in Graham, Texas, enlisted 5/19/1918, discharged 12/13/1918. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
• United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, World War I. William Doddridge McFarlane, birth date 7/17/1894, death date 2/18/1980, biographical sketch, burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Graham, Young County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

• Photograph. W.D. McFarlane, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.D. McFarlane, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.D. McFarlane, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.D. McFarlane, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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.
• 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.

Committee Information top

41st R.S. - 1929 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Federal Relations   Judicial Districts   Labor (Vice Chair)  Public Buildings and Grounds   State Highways and Motor Traffic   State Penitentiaries (Chair)  Stock and Stock Raising

40th R.S. - 1927 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence   Criminal Jurisprudence   Federal Relations   Highways and Motor Traffic   Judicial Districts   Labor (Vice Chair)  Military Affairs (Chair)  Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Public Buildings and Grounds   State Penitentiaries   State Song   Stock and Stock Raising

39th R.S. - 1925 Education   Judicial Districts (Vice Chair)  Oil, Gas and Mining   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

38th R.S. - 1923 Education   Establishing a Branch of Texas State Normal School at Decatur, Investigate, Joint Committee   Judicial Districts   Military Affairs   Oil, Gas and Mining