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Joseph M. Moore Full Name: Joseph M. "Joe" Moore Date of birth: September 30, 1888 Date of death: June 27, 1952 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 10 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1) (2)   42nd (3)   Democrat Greenville / Hunt Senate President Pro Tempore (43rd)   Collin, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall S 10 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 13, 1931 41st (4) (5) (6) (7)   40th (8)   Democrat Greenville / Hunt Senate President Pro Tempore (41st)   Collin, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall S 10 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th (9) (10)   Democrat Greenville / Hunt   Collin, Hunt, Rains, Rockwall H 40 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th (11)   Democrat Greenville / Hunt   Hunt H 39 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat Greenville / Hunt   Hunt (1) 43rd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 9/25/1934. Senate Journal. (2) 43rd Legislature - 1/10/1933, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Holdover Senators." Senate Media. (3) 42nd Legislature - 1/13/1931, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators." Senate Journal. (4) Name listed, Joe M. Moore. Senate Journal. (5) 41st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 5th C.S., elected 3/20/1930. Senate Journal. (6) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald. (7) 41st Legislature - 1/8/1929, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Holdover Senators." Senate Journal. (8) 40th Legislature - 1/11/1927, p. 1, listed in "Certificate of New Senators" and "Roll Call of New Senators." Senate Journal. (9) 39th Legislature - 1/13/1925, p. 1, shows all 31 Senators were elected on 11/4/1924. Senate Journal. (10) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal. (11) "Joe M. Moore, editor of the Greenville Herald, also had a warm race in Hunt county for local representative, but won it by a big majority," 8/3/1922, p. 2. Bryan Eagle.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Other Resources Moore, Joseph M. Texas State Cemetery. Photographs Photograph. Joe M. Moore, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe M. Moore, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe M. Moore, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe M. Moore, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe M. Moore, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe M. Moore, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Joe M. Moore, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 39th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 40th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 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. 37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 43rd R.S. - 1933 Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Enrolled Bills   Finance   Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate   Insurance (Chair)  Nominations of the Governor   Public Health   Public Land and Land Office   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic   Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate   42nd R.S. - 1931 Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Enrolled Bills   Finance   Insurance   Irregularities in State Dept. Finance Matters, Investigate   Nominations By Governor   Public Debt   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office   State Affairs (Chair)  41st R.S. - 1929 Commerce and Manufacture (Vice Chair)  Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Enrolled Bills (Vice Chair)  General Land Office Investigation   Insurance (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Meridian College   Military Affairs   Nominations By Governor   Public Debts   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office   Representative Districts   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic   40th R.S. - 1927 Commerce and Manufactures (Vice Chair)  Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Constitutional Amendments, Investigate Status of   Educational Affairs   Engrossed Bills   Highways and Motor Traffic   Insurance (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Military Affairs   Nominations by Governor   Public Debts   Public Health   Public Land and Land Office   Representative Districts   39th R.S. - 1925 Commerce and Manufactures (Vice Chair)  Congressional Districts   Internal Improvements   Military Affairs   Privileges and Elections (Chair)  Public Debts   Public Land and Land Office   Representative Districts   Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Highways and Motor Traffic as of 1/23/1925)   Senatorial Districts (Vice Chair)  38th R.S. - 1923 Appropriations   Commerce and Manufactures   Conservation and Reclamation   Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Insurance   Land Purchases of the University of Texas, Investigate (Chair)  State Affairs   37th R.S. - 1921 Appropriations   Conservation and Reclamation   Contingent Expenses   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions

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