Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	29	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 14, 1919	35th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 34th ⁽³⁾ 35th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Memphis / Hall	Senate President Pro Tempore (35th)	Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young
S	29	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 12, 1915	32nd ⁽⁶⁾ 33rd ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Memphis / Hall		Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young

(1) 35th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 9/29/1917, 3rd C.S. Senate Journal.
(2) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(3) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(4) 33rd Legislature - Roll Call, holdover Senators elected on 11/8/1910 for a full period of four years, 1/14/1913, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal.
(5) "L.C. Penry of Plainview is being urged to become a candidate for state senator . . . Senator W.A. Johnson of Memphis is serving his first term, and is a candidate for re-election." "May Run for Senate," 5/8/1914, p. 4. Wichita Daily Times.
(6) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1911, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

38th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 5/5/1923, p. 196. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

JOHNSON, W.A. (1862-1923). Birth date 8/28/1862, death date 5/5/1923. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," 3/22/1917, p. 6. Houston Post.
25th Lieutenant Governor: Willard Arnold Johnson. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.

Other Resources

"Governor causes much excitement . . . Directs personal remark at state senator, which causes uproar . . . He wants an investigation . . . The resolution introduced asks for thorough probing of activities of James E. Ferguson," 3/4/1917, pp. 1, 6, 12. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. W.A. Johnson, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Johnson, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Johnson, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Johnson, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Willard Johnson, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

32nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
33rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
34th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, south wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

35th R.S. - 1917 Commerce and Manufactures Educational Affairs Finance Internal Improvements Military Affairs Public Lands and Land Office Public Printing Senatorial Districts Stock and Stock Raising
34th R.S. - 1915 Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Educational Affairs Finance Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Military Affairs Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) Public Printing Stock and Stock Raising
33rd R.S. - 1913 Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) Educational Affairs Federal Relations Finance Internal Improvements Military Affairs Mining and Irrigation Public Buildings and Grounds Public Health Public Lands and Land Office Public Printing Senatorial Districts
32nd R.S. - 1911 Congressional Districts Constitutional Amendments Federal Relations (Chair) Finance Judiciary No. 2 Public Debt, Claims and Accounts Public Lands and Land Office Representative Districts Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Affairs Stock and Stock Raising

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