Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	60-1	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	60-1	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	101-1	Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953	52nd	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	101-1	Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951	51st	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant
H	101-1	Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 11, 1949	50th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Tarrant

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

54th Legislature, R.S., HSR 261, extending congratulations of members of 54th Legislature to members who have ten years of service in the House. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, Joe Pyle, 12/20/1995, p. 29. "Former state representative and retired real estate and insurance company owner . . . He served in the Texas Legislature from 1947 to 1955." Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Military Service Notes

United States Navy, Chief Shipfitter, World War II. Military grave marker, Joseph H. Pyle, birth date 11/4/1912, death date 12/18/1995, burial in Flower Mound Cemetery, Flower Mound, Denton County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Joe Pyle, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe Pyle, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe Pyle, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe Pyle, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Joe Pyle, 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

50th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
51st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
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.

Committee Information top

54th R.S. - 1955 Counties (Chair) Highways and Roads Insurance Rules State Affairs
53rd R.S. - 1953 Common Carriers Congressional and Legislative Districts Constitutional Amendments El Paso Investigating Oil, Gas and Mining (Chair) Public Lands and Buildings Standing Committee System Revision, Special State Affairs
52nd R.S. - 1951 Congressional and Legislative Districts Counties Insurance Liquor Regulation Rules
51st R.S. - 1949 Counties Insurance Liquor Regulation Motor Traffic Public Lands and Buildings
50th R.S. - 1947 Appropriations Counties (Vice Chair) Liquor Regulation Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Lands and Buildings

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