W.T. Savage

William Thomas Savage

Full Name: William Thomas Savage
Date of birth: January 19, 1873
Date of death: July 31, 1953

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 51 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall
H 51 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall
H 51 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall

(1) Lawyer-Legislator. 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 top

House District 51
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall
House District 51
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall
House District 51
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall

(1) Lawyer-Legislator. 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 top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/2/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.
  • Memorial, November 1953, p. 720. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

  • Obituary and photo, "Dallas Man Dies Before Ceremony," 8/1/1953, part III, pp. 1, 12. W.T. Savage, born 1/19/1873 at Bells, Grayson County; past grand master of Texas Odd Fellows and flotorial representative for Dallas, Rockwall, and Kaufman counties from 1929 to 1934; "died Friday a half hour before he was to open the old Odd Fellow Hall cornerstone." Dallas Morning News.
  • William Thomas Savage, birth date 1/19/1873 in Bells, Texas; death date 7/31/1953 in Dallas, Dallas County; attorney, civil. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • W.T. Savage, birth date 1/19/1873, death date 7/31/1953, burial in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, with spouse Annie Savage. Find a Grave.

Photographs

  • Photograph. W.T. Savage, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.T. Savage, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.T. Savage, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

43rd R.S. - 1933
Contingent Expenses  
Liquor Traffic (Chair) 
State Affairs  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Commerce and Manufactures  
Constitutional Amendments  
Engrossed Bills  
Judiciary  
Rules (Vice Chair) 
41st R.S. - 1929
Commerce and Manufactures  
Common Carriers  
Judiciary  
Municipal and Private Corporations (Vice Chair) 

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