Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	11	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 8, 1935	43rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 42nd ⁽³⁾ 43rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Dallas / Dallas	Senate President Pro Tempore (43rd)	Dallas
H	50-5	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931	41st	Democrat	Dallas / Dallas		Dallas
H	50-5	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929	40th	Democrat	Dallas / Dallas		Dallas
H	50-5	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927	39th	Democrat	Dallas / Dallas		Dallas
H	50-5	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Dallas / Dallas		Dallas

(1) 43rd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 9/14/1933. Senate Journal.
(2) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/10/1933, p. 1. Senate Media.
(3) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Newly-Elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

49th Legislature, R.S., HCR 22. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, "George C. Purl, Former State Senator, Dies," 9/23/1943, p. 1, 11. "George C. Purl Funeral Planned," 9/24/1943, p. 26. Dallas Morning News.
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/18/1929, p. 7. Houston Post-Dispatch.
Memorial, February 1944, p. 62. Born 1892 in Georgetown. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

George C. Purl, age 24, birthplace Georgetown, residence in Georgetown, Williamson County. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
George Clark Purl, birth date 8/27/1892, death date 9/22/1943, enlistment date 12/15/1917, discharge date 12/5/1918. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
87th Division, Lieutenant, World War I. 49th Legislature, R.S., HCR 22. Resolutions - Memorial.
United States Army, Second Lieutenant, World War I. "In 1917 he enlisted in the Army as a Second Lieutenant . . . " Memorial, February 1944, p. 62. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

George Clark Purl, birth date 8/27/1892, death date 9/22/1943 in Dallas, Dallas County, attorney and state senator. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
George Clark Purl, birth date 8/27/1893, death date 9/22/1943, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Williamson County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. George Clark Purl, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. George Clark Purl, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. George C. Purl, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Geo. C. Purl, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Geo. C. Purl, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. George C. Purl, 38th 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.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). 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 Information top

43rd R.S. - 1933 Banking Commerce and Manufacturing Criminal Jurisprudence Educational Affairs Federal Relations Finance Highway Department Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate Insurance (Chair) Internal Improvements Investigating Labor (Chair) Public Buildings and Grounds State Affairs State Institutions and Departments (Chair) Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission Investigation, Committee of the Whole Senate (Chair) Town and City Corporations
42nd R.S. - 1931 Banks and Banking Commerce and Manufacturing (Vice Chair) Criminal Jurisprudence Educational Affairs Federal Relations Finance Insurance (Vice Chair) Internal Improvements (Chair) Irregularities in State Dept. Finance Matters, Investigate Public Buildings and Grounds Representative Districts (Chair) State Institutions and Departments Towns and City Corporations
41st R.S. - 1929 Common Carriers Education Federal Relations Fee Officers, Investigate Insurance (Chair) Public Printing Rules
40th R.S. - 1927 Banks and Banking Commerce and Manufactures Common Carriers Insurance (Vice Chair) Loan Company Legislation State Song
39th R.S. - 1925 Blanket Tax for UT Students, Investigate (Chair) Insurance Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Printing (Vice Chair) State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions
38th R.S. - 1923 Common Carriers Home Builders' Association, Investigating (Chair) Insurance Military Affairs

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