Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	8	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Marshall / Harrison		Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby
S	8	Elected but never sworn	36th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Marshall / Harrison		Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby

(1) 37th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 2nd, 1920, oath of office administered, 1/11/1921, pp. 2-3. Senate Journal.
(2) "Representatives for Texas Shown": W.T. Davidson of Marshall, in special election 11/20/1920, succeeded unexpired term of Lon A. Smith, elected comptroller 11/2/1920, p. 11, 11/21/1920. Galveston Daily News.
(3) "Democrats nominate Davidson," 11/3/1920, p. 9. T.W. Davidson nominated for the State Senate...to fill the vacancy created by resignation of Lon A. Smith of Henderson, elected State Comptroller. San Antonio Express.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

64th Legislature, R.S., SR 681. Resolutions - Memorial.
38th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, "On Members of the Senate," pp. 325-326. Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Volume IV, pp. 83-84. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers, 1940.
DAVIDSON, THOMAS WHITFIELD (1876-1974). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biography in LRL collection, 328.764 D284M 1972. Memoirs of Judge T. Whitfield Davidson , 1972.
27th Lieutenant Governor: Thomas Whitfield Davidson. Photo and biographical sketch. "In 1919, after the 36th Legislature had convened, Davidson was elected to fill the unexpired term of Senator Lon Smith. The following year, he was reelected to a full term of his own, and in 1922, he ran successfully for lieutenant governor." Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Memorial, April 1974, p. 376. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Portrait, Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984.
Davidson, Thomas Whitfield. Shows Texas state senator, 1920-22. Judges of the United States Courts/Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, 2009.

Photographs

Photograph. T.W. Davidson, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Thomas Whitfield Davidson, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph. T. Whitfield Davidson, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

37th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

37th R.S. - 1921
Civil Jurisprudence
Commerce and Manufactures
Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair)
Federal Relations
Graft Charges, Investigation of
Judicial Districts
Public Lands and Land Office (Chair)
Representative Districts
Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Vice Chair)
Rules
Site for State Park
Town and City Corporations

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