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Grady Woodruff Full Name: Henry Grady Woodruff Date of birth: August 9, 1893 Date of death: December 23, 1962 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 22 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 10, 1939 44th (2)   45th (1)   Democrat Decatur / Wise   Denton, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise S 22 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935 42nd (4) (5)   43rd (3)   Democrat Decatur / Wise Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd)   Denton, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise H 48 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Decatur / Wise   Wise H 48 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Paradise / Wise   Wise H 48 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Paradise / Wise   Wise (1) 45th Legislature - 1/12/1937, pp. 1-2, listed in "Roll Call of Senators . . . who were Members of the Forty-fourth Legislature and whose terms of office continue for the duration of the Forty-fifth Legislature." Senate Journal. (2) 44th Legislature - 1/8/1935, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of New Senators" and "Certificate of New Senators." Senate Journal. (3) 43rd Legislature - 1/10/1933, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Holdover Senators." Senate Media. (4) 42nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 4th C.S., elected 11/12/1932. Senate Journal. (5) 42nd Legislature - 1/13/1931, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators." Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches "Six Students in Legislature: Solons Are Woodall, Sheats, Woodruff, Tomme, Maxwell, and Young," 10/3/1926, p. 11, biographical sketches of six members who were students at the The University of Texas School of Law. Daily Texan. Biographical sketch, 2/5/1929, p. 10. Houston Post-Dispatch. Memorial, March 1963, p. 269. Texas Bar Journal. Military Service Notes United States Army, Private, World War I. Henry Grady Woodruff, birth year (estimated) 1894, birthplace Decatur, Texas. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin). United States Army/Texas National Guard, 36th Division, World War I. "He also studied and taught at the University of Toulouse in France following World War I. He was a member of the Texas 36th Division during 1917-19." Memorial, March 1963, p. 269. Texas Bar Journal. Army National Guard. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017. Other Resources Henry Grady Woodruff, birth date 8/9/1893 in Wise County, death date 12/23/1962 in Decatur, Wise County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. "Seven University of Texas Students are Members of Legislature; One is Senator," 1/12/1925, p. 11. San Antonio Express. Photographs Photograph. H. Grady Woodruff, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. H. Grady Woodruff, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. H. Grady Woodruff, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. H. Grady Woodruff, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. H. Grady Woodruff, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. H. Grady Woodruff, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. H. Grady Woodruff, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 42nd session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 43rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 44th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 45th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 45th R.S. - 1937 Agricultural Affairs   Banking   Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Criminal Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Rural Aid to Schools, Special   Finance (Vice Chair)  Insurance   Labor   Military Affairs   Nominations of the Governor   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office (Chair)  44th R.S. - 1935 Auditing of State Highway Department   Banking   Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair)  Educational Affairs   Finance   Insurance   Labor   Military Affairs (Vice Chair)  Nominations of the Governor   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office   State Eleemosynary Institutions   43rd R.S. - 1933 Banking   Contingent Expense (Chair)  Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair) (Vice Chair)  Educational Affairs   Finance   Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate   Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate, Board of Managers   Insurance   Investigating (Vice Chair)  Labor   Military Affairs (Chair)  Privileges and Elections   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Health   Public Land and Land Office (Chair)  Public Printing   Reductions in State Appropriations, Special   Stock and Stockraising   Tax Program   Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate   42nd R.S. - 1931 Banks and Banking   Civil Jurisprudence   Counties and County Boundaries   Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair)  Finance   Labor   Military Affairs   Organization and Economy   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Health   Public Printing (Chair)  Stock and Stock Raising   Towns and City Corporations   41st R.S. - 1929 Banks and Banking   Common Carriers   Constitutional Amendments   Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts   Federal Relations   40th R.S. - 1927 Banks and Banking   Conservation and Reclamation   Municipal and Private Corporations   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions (Chair)  39th R.S. - 1925 Common Carriers   Constitutional Amendments   Insurance   Public Lands and Buildings

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