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William Doddridge McFarlane Full Name: William Doddridge McFarlane Date of birth: July 17, 1894 Date of death: February 18, 1980 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 23 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 13, 1931 40th (3)   41st (1) (2)   Democrat Graham / Young   Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young H 109 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Graham / Young   Jack, Young H 109 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th   Democrat Graham / Young   Jack, Young (1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald. (2) 41st Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal. (3) 40th Legislature - Certificate of New Senators and Roll Call of New Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 67th Legislature, R.S., SCR 57. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches McFARLANE, William Doddridge (1894-1980). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present. Biography, 1/20/1929, p. 4. Houston Post-Dispatch. Memorial, September 1980, p. 854. Texas Bar Journal. Military Service Notes "During the First World War was commissioned a second lieutenant in August 1918, and served until honorably discharged on December 13, 1918." McFARLANE, William Doddridge (1894-1980). Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present. William Doddridge McFarlane, 2nd Lieutenant Infantry, birth date 7/17/1894, residence in Graham, Texas, enlisted 5/19/1918, discharged 12/13/1918. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985. United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, World War I. William Doddridge McFarlane, birth date 7/17/1894, death date 2/18/1980, biographical sketch, burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Graham, Young County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. W.D. McFarlane, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.D. McFarlane, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.D. McFarlane, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.D. McFarlane, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 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. 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. Committee Informationtop 41st R.S. - 1929 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Federal Relations   Judicial Districts   Labor (Vice Chair)  Public Buildings and Grounds   State Highways and Motor Traffic   State Penitentiaries (Chair)  Stock and Stock Raising   40th R.S. - 1927 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence   Criminal Jurisprudence   Federal Relations   Highways and Motor Traffic   Judicial Districts   Labor (Vice Chair)  Military Affairs (Chair)  Mining, Irrigation and Drainage   Public Buildings and Grounds   State Penitentiaries   State Song   Stock and Stock Raising   39th R.S. - 1925 Education   Judicial Districts (Vice Chair)  Oil, Gas and Mining   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   38th R.S. - 1923 Education   Establishing a Branch of Texas State Normal School at Decatur, Investigate, Joint Committee   Judicial Districts   Military Affairs   Oil, Gas and Mining

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