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Pinkney L. Parrish Full Name: Pinkney L. "Pink" Parrish Date of birth: August 13, 1881 Date of death: April 10, 1939 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 30 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd (1)   41st (2) (3)   Democrat Lubbock / Lubbock Senate President Pro Tempore (41st)   Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, Yoakum (1) 42nd Legislature - 1/13/1931, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Holdover Senators." Senate Journal. (2) 41st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 2nd C.S., elected 6/3/1929. Senate Journal. (3) 41st Legislature - 1/8/1929, p. 1, listed in "Certificate of New Senators." Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 220, 4/10/1939, p. 1909. Resolutions - Memorial. 46th Legislature, R.S., SR 60, 4/11/1939, p. 1031. Resolutions - Memorial. 55th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 9. Gives birth year of 1906. Relatives: Sterling J. Parrish - son; Pinkney L. Parrish - father. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Mentioned in biography of his father, John B. Parrish, "Civil War, 34th Texas Cavalry, CSA, Biographies," TXGenWeb Project. Other Resources Obituary, 4/11/1939, Dallas Morning News. Mentioned in TEXAS IN THE 1920s. Handbook of Texas Online. Photographs Photograph. Pink L. Parrish, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Pink L. Parrish, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 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. Committee Informationtop 42nd R.S. - 1931 Banks and Banking   Congressional Districts (Chair)  Counties and County Boundaries   Educational Affairs   Federal Relations   Finance   Nominations By Governor   Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office (Chair)  Public Printing   Representative Districts   State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair)  State Penitentiaries   41st R.S. - 1929 Banking   Commerce and Manufacture   Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair)  Counties and County Boundaries   Federal Relations   Fee System (Chair)  Finance (Vice Chair)  Highway Department, Investigate   Mining, Irrigation and Drainage (Vice Chair)  Nominations By Governor   Public Lands and Land Office   Public Printing (Chair)  Stock and Stock Raising

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