Rolland Barr Bradley
Full Name: Rolland Barr BradleyDate of birth: November 30, 1896
Date of death: April 14, 1973
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 19-2 | Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 | 43rd (1) | Democrat | Houston / Harris | Harris | |
| H | 19-2 | Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 | 42nd | Democrat | Houston / Harris | Harris | |
| H | 19-2 | Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 | 41st | Democrat | Houston / Harris | Harris |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Lawyer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 43rd (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Houston / Harris
- Counties in district:
- Harris
- Legislatures:
- 42nd
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Houston / Harris
- Counties in district:
- Harris
- Legislatures:
- 41st
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Houston / Harris
- Counties in district:
- Harris
Terms of service notes
(1) Lawyer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal. ↩
Biographical Information
- Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/5/1929, p. 10. Houston Post-Dispatch.
- Memorial, June 1973, p. 603. Texas Bar Journal.
- United States Army, Private, World War I. Military grave marker, Rolland Barr Bradley, birth date 11/30/1896, death date 4/14/1973, burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave.
- Rolland Barr Bradley, birth date 11/30/1896 in Michigan; death date 4/14/1973 in Houston, Harris County; attorney; served in Armed Forces 1/2/1918-4/10/1919. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
- Obituary and photo, "Rolland B. Bradley, Ex-Legislator, Dies," 4/16/1973, sec., p. 29. "Bradley was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1928. During his six-year term in the House, he coauthored the first Texas drivers license law, minimum hour wage law for women and the law that established the Texas Dept. of Welfare and Aid to Dependent Children." Houston Chronicle.
- Mentioned as a leading opponent of anti-evolution bills in the 1920's, p. 58 (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.; HB 378, 39th Legislature, R.S.; HB 90, 41st Legislature, R.S.). Ledbetter, Patsy. "Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929," Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 45-62. JSTOR.
- Photograph. Rolland Bradley, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Roland Bradley, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Roland Bradley, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
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