W.R. Chambers

William Raleigh Chambers

Full Name: William Raleigh "Bill" Chambers
Date of birth: April 10, 1880
Date of death: July 3, 1970

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 73 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th (1)   Democrat May / Brown   Brown, Comanche, Mills
H 73 Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd   Democrat May / Brown   Brown, Comanche, Mills
H 125 Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953 52nd   Democrat May / Brown   Brown, Coleman
H 125 Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951 51st   Democrat May / Brown   Brown, Coleman
H 125 Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947 49th   Democrat May / Brown   Brown, Coleman
H 125 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 48th   Democrat May / Brown   Brown, Coleman
H 125 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat May / Brown   Brown, Coleman
H 125 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat May / Brown   Brown, Coleman

(1) 54th Legislature - shows Chambers served in 48th-54th House; House Journals show 46th-54th. Texas Legislative Manual.

Terms of Service top

House District 73
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: May / Brown
Counties in district: Brown, Comanche, Mills
House District 73
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
Legislatures: 53rd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: May / Brown
Counties in district: Brown, Comanche, Mills
House District 125
Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953
Legislatures: 52nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: May / Brown
Counties in district: Brown, Coleman
House District 125
Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951
Legislatures: 51st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: May / Brown
Counties in district: Brown, Coleman
House District 125
Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 14, 1947
Legislatures: 49th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: May / Brown
Counties in district: Brown, Coleman
House District 125
Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945
Legislatures: 48th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: May / Brown
Counties in district: Brown, Coleman
House District 125
Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943
Legislatures: 47th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: May / Brown
Counties in district: Brown, Coleman
House District 125
Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941
Legislatures: 46th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: May / Brown
Counties in district: Brown, Coleman

(1) 54th Legislature - shows Chambers served in 48th-54th House; House Journals show 46th-54th. Texas Legislative Manual.

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Committee Information top

54th R.S. - 1955
Agriculture  
Appropriations  
Counties  
Public Lands and Buildings  
State Hospitals and Special Schools (Chair) 
53rd R.S. - 1953
Agriculture (Chair) 
Appropriations  
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
Penitentiaries  
State Hospitals and Special Schools  
52nd R.S. - 1951
Appropriations  
Commerce and Manufactures  
Conservation and Reclamation  
Counties  
Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
Public Health  
51st R.S. - 1949
Counties  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Public Lands and Buildings  
State Affairs  
49th R.S. - 1945
Agriculture  
Conservation and Reclamation  
Constitutional Amendments  
Education  
Legislative Audit, Special  
Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
Revenue and Taxation (Chair) 
48th R.S. - 1943
Agriculture (Vice Chair) 
Education  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Poet Laureate Selection, Special  
Public Lands and Buildings  
Rules (Chair) 
47th R.S. - 1941
Agriculture (Chair) 
Common Carriers  
Education  
Local and Uncontested Bills  
Milk Industry, Investigation  
46th R.S. - 1939
Agriculture  
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Conservation and Reclamation  
Education  

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