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Ed Westbrook
Full Name: Richard Edwin Westbrook
Date of birth: August 14, 1880
Date of death: November 17, 1936
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
District |
Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
S
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9
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Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 13, 1931
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40th
(3)
41st
(1)
(2)
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Democrat
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Sherman / Grayson
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Cooke, Fannin, Grayson
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S
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9
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Sep 4, 1926 - Jan 11, 1927
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39th
(4)
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Democrat
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Sherman / Grayson
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Cooke, Fannin, Grayson
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S
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5
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Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 11, 1921
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36th
(5)
(6)
35th
(7)
(8)
36th
(5)
(6)
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Democrat
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Wolfe City / Hunt
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Senate President Pro Tempore (36th)
Senate President Pro Tempore (35th)
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Collin, Hunt, Rains
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S
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5
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Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 9, 1917
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33rd
(10)
(11)
(12)
34th
(9)
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Democrat
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Wolfe City / Hunt
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Collin, Hunt, Rains
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(1)
"Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2.
Big Spring Daily Herald.
(2)
41st Legislature - 1/8/1929, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Holdover Senators."
Senate Journal.
(3)
40th Legislature - 1/11/1927, p. 1, listed in "Certificate of New Senators" and "Roll Call of New Senators."
Senate Journal.
(4)
Ed Westbrook, in special election 9/4/1926, sworn 9/4/1926, succeeded W.S. Moore, resigned before 3/15/1926.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5)
36th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 6/18/1920, 3rd C.S.
Senate Journal.
(6)
36th Legislature - 1/14/1919, p. 1, listed in Roll Call of Holdover Senators/Absent.
Senate Journal.
(7)
35th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 3/21/1917, Regular Session.
Senate Journal.
(8)
35th Legislature - 1/9/1917, p. 2, listed as "member-elect" in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 7, 1916.
Senate Journal.
(9)
34th Legislature - 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call with "holdover Senators."
Senate Journal.
(10)
"Place of residence" Wolfe City, Texas.
Senate Journal.
(11)
33rd Legislature - 1/14/1913, p. 3, elected on 11/5/1912.
Senate Journal.
(12)
Postoffice Farmersville, Collin County.
Texas Legislative Manual.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Richard Edwin Westbrook. Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," 3/22/1917, p. 6.
Houston Post.
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Other Resources |
Photo and obituary, "Ex-Legislator Dies in Crash: Ex-State Senator Killed When Auto Goes Through Rail," 11/18/1936, p. 1. Killed in automobile accident 11/17/1936.
Dallas Morning News.
Richard Edwin Westbrook, birth date 8/14/1881, death date 11/17/1936.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Richard Edwin Westbrook, birth date 8/14/1880, death date 11/17/1936, interment in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson County.
Find a Grave.
West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas, Waller-Williams lists Westbrook, Ed born 1880, died 1936.
RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Ed Westbrook, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Ed Westbrook, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Ed Westbrook, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Ed Westbrook, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Ed Westbrook, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Ed Westbrook, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
33rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
34th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, south wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
39th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
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.
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