Worth Stickley Ray

Full Name: Worth Stickley Ray
Date of birth: March 29, 1878
Date of death: January 15, 1952

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	79	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Denton / Denton		Denton
H	79	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Denton / Denton		Denton

(1) 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.
(2) District 17 comprised of county; District 79 comprised of Denton county, pp. 33, 36, Acts 1901, 27th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 8, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(3) District 79 represented by Worth S. Ray, p. 3. House Journal.
(4) District 17 represented by Worth S. Ray, p. 66. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 79
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton

House District 79
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Worth S. Ray, candidate for House District 50, Place No. 5, 1930. "Business Man Asks Election As Lawmaker: Three Lawyers Are Also Seeking Place No. 5 in State House," 7/7/1930, p. 16. Member of 30th-31st Legislatures from Denton County. Dallas Morning News.
Memorial, May 1952, p. 221. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

Ray, Worth S., United States Volunteers, Spanish-American War, Call Number: 401-247. Private, Company G, 2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry. Postoffice address, Denton, Texas. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.

Other Resources

Obituary, "Worth Ray Dies at Austin Home," 1/18/1952, p. 10. Denton Record-Chronicle.

Photographs

Photograph. Worth S. Ray, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Worth S. Ray, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Worth S. Ray, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph. Worth S. Ray, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.

Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Appropriations Banks and Banking Labor Private Corporations Public Health Public Printing
31st R.S. - 1909 Appropriations Appropriations Subcommittee on the North Texas Normal and College of Industrial Arts Banks and Banking Labor Private Corporations Public Printing Revenue and Taxation (Chair)
30th R.S. - 1907 Appropriations Appropriations Subcommittee on the State Penitentiary at Rusk and North Texas Lunatic Aslyum at Terrell Common Carriers Enrolled Bills Labor Public Printing

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