Forty-ninth Texas Legislature

The 49th Texas Legislature met from January 9, 1945, to June 5, 1945. All members present during this session were elected in the 1944 general elections.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 9, 1945 - June 5, 1945

Party summary

Senate

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Democratic Party	31
Total		31

House

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Democratic Party	150
Total		150

Officers

Senate

• Lieutenant Governor: John Lee Smith (D)
• President Pro Tempore: George C. Moffett (D), William Graves (D)

House

• Speaker of the House: Claud H. Gilmer (D)

Members

Senate

Dist. 1 Howard A. Carney (D), Atlanta Dist. 2 Wardlow Lane (D), Center Dist. 3 Ben Ramsey (D), San Augustine Dist. 4 Allan Shivers (D), Port Arthur Dist. 5 Roger A. Knight (D), Madisonville Dist. 6 James E. Taylor (D), Kerens Dist. 7 T. C. Chadick (D), Quitman Dist. 8 A. M. Aiken, Jr. (D), Paris Dist. 9 Charles R. Jones (D), Bonham Dist. 10 G. C. Morris (D), Greenville

Dist. 11 William Graves (D), Dallas Dist. 12 A. B. Crawford (D), Granbury Dist. 13 Kyle Vick (D), Waco Dist. 14 Joseph Alton York (D), Bryan Dist. 15 Louis Sulak (D), La Grange Dist. 16 Weaver Moore (D), Houston Dist. 17 William Stone (D), Galveston Dist. 18 Fred Mauritz (D), Ganado Dist. 19 Rudolph A. Weinert (D), Seguin Dist. 20 James A. Stanford (D), Austin

Dist. 21 Buster Brown (D), Temple Dist. 22 Royston Lanning (D), Jacksboro Dist. 23 George Moffett (D), Chillicothe Dist. 24 Pat Bullock (D), Colorado City Dist. 25 Penrose Metcalfe (D), San Angelo Dist. 26 J. Franklin Spears (D), San Antonio Dist. 27 Rogers Kelly (D), Edinburg Dist. 28 Jesse Martin (D), Fort Worth Dist. 29 Henry L. Winfield (D), Fort Stockton Dist. 30 Sterling J. Parrish (D), Lubbock Dist. 31 Grady Hazlewood (D), Amarillo

House

The House was composed of 150 Democrats.

House members included future Governor Preston Smith.

Sources

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas,

External links

• Texas Legislature Online
• Texas Senate
• Texas House of Representatives
• Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
• Legislative Reference Library