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George Clark Purl Full Name: George Clark Purl Date of birth: August 27, 1893 Date of death: September 23, 1943 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 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 - 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.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 49th Legislature, R.S., HCR 22. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Memorial, February 1944, p. 62. Death date 9/22/1944. Texas Bar Journal. Military Service Notes 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, Sr., birth date 8/27/1893, death date 9/22/1943, Senator in the Texas Senate, interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Georgetown, Williamson County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. George Clark Purl, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. George Clark Purl, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. George Clark Purl, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. George Clark Purl, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. George Clark Purl, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. George Clark Purl, 43rd 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 Informationtop 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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