Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	97-1	Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961	56th	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock	Speaker	Lubbock
H	97-1	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959	55th	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock	Speaker	Lubbock
H	97-1	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Lubbock
H	97-1	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Lubbock
H	119	Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953	52nd	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock		Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

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.

Biographical Sketches

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.

Military Service Notes

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.

Other Resources

"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.

Photographs

Photograph. Waggoner Carr, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Waggoner Carr, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
Photograph. Waggoner Carr, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Waggoner Carr, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Waggoner Carr, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Waggoner Carr, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Waggoner Carr, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.

Committee Information top

54th R.S. - 1955 Aeronautics Conservation and Reclamation Counties Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
53rd R.S. - 1953 Conservation and Reclamation Criminal Jurisprudence Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Revenue and Taxation
52nd R.S. - 1951 Congressional and Legislative Districts Conservation and Reclamation Crime Investigating, Special Criminal Jurisprudence Local and Uncontested Bills Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

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