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Waggoner Carr
Full Name: Vincent Waggoner Carr
Date of birth: October 1, 1918
Date of death: February 25, 2004
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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97-1
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Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961
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56th
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Democrat
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Lubbock / Lubbock
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Speaker
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Lubbock
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97-1
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Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
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55th
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Democrat
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Lubbock / Lubbock
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Speaker
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Lubbock
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H
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97-1
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Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
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54th
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Democrat
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Lubbock / Lubbock
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Lubbock
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H
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97-1
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Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
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53rd
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Democrat
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Lubbock / Lubbock
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Lubbock
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H
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119
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Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953
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52nd
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Democrat
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Lubbock / Lubbock
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Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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Personal privilege speeches by Waggoner Carr, Charles Whitfield, Jr., and Louis Anderson on plan to oust Carr as Speaker, 7/15/1959, pp. 767-769.
House Journal.
56th Legislature, R.S., HSR 497.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
56th Legislature, R.S., HSR 538.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
57th Legislature, R.S., HSR 21.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
65th Legislature, R.S., HSR 85.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
66th Legislature, R.S., HR 127.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
67th Legislature, R.S., HR 285.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
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| Biographical Sketches |
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63rd Speaker of the House of Representatives: Waggoner Carr. Photo and biographical sketch.
Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Memorial, May 2004, p. 408.
Texas Bar Journal.
Carr, Vincent Waggoner.
Texas State Cemetery.
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United States Army Air Corps, World War II. "After receiving a degree in political science in 1940, Carr enrolled in the University of Texas Law School, but put his legal education on hold when the United States entered World War II. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served as an Army Intelligence Branch specialist, an Aviation Cadet and, by the end of the war, was flying B-25s." Obituary, military grave marker.
Texas State Cemetery.
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"Thoughts about Waggoner Carr and others," 3/5/2004.
Quorum Report.
Address by Speaker of the House Waggoner Carr reviewing and summarizing the work of the 56th Legislature,
Texas House of Representatives.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
Waggoner Carr, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph.
Waggoner Carr, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Waggoner Carr, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Waggoner Carr, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Waggoner Carr, 55th Legislature, Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives
Photograph.
Waggoner Carr, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Waggoner Carr, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Waggoner Carr, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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52nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
54th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
55th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
56th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
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