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Adrian C. Pool

Full Name: Adrian C. Pool
Date of birth: August 1, 1876
Date of death: February 12, 1960

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 90 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st (1) (2) (3)   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth
H 90 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth
H 90 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th (4) (5) (6)   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth
H 89-1 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso
H 118 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso
H 118 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th   Democrat El Paso / El Paso   El Paso

(1) Acts of 1921, 37th Legislature, 2nd C.S., ch. 6 - District 90, comprised of El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson counties, shall elect one representative; District 89 comprised of El Paso County, shall elected two representatives. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) District 90, Adrian Pool; District 89, Joseph McGill and Julian P. Harrison. House Journal.
(3) District 89, Adrian Pool; counties included in district: El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson. District 89, Joseph McGill and Julian P. Harrison; county included in district: El Paso. Texas Legislative Manual.
(4) Acts of 1921, 37th Legislature, 2nd C.S., ch. 6 - District 90, comprised of El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson counties, shall elect one represenative; District 89, comprised of El Paso County, shall elect two representatives. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(5) Adrian Pool, District 90; Joseph McGill, District 89, place 1; and R.B. Stevens, District 89, place 2. House Journal.
(6) Adrian Pool, District 89. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/29/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Other Resources

  • Obituary, "Adrian Pool Dies at 83 in El Paso," 2/14/1960, pp. 1-2, born in Jones Prairie, Milam County. Austin American.
  • Obituary and photo, "Adrian Pool Taken by Death," 2/13/1960, p. 1, notes six terms in the Legislature. El Paso Herald Post.
  • Adrian Pool, birth date 8/1/1876 in Milan [sic: Milam] County, Texas; death date 2/12/1960 in El Paso. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • 41st Legislature (1929) - Adrian Pool, postoffice El Paso, nativity Texas, age 52, lawyer, member of former legislatures: 36th-40th. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

  • Photograph. Adrian Pool, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Adrian Pool, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Adrian Pool, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Adrian Pool, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Adrian Pool, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Adrian Pool, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

41st R.S. - 1929
Congressional Districts  
Game and Fisheries  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Insurance  
40th R.S. - 1927
Appropriations  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Insurance  
Labor  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Tax Survey Committee  
39th R.S. - 1925
Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
Federal Relations (Chair) 
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Insurance  
38th R.S. - 1923
Insurance  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
37th R.S. - 1921
Common Carriers  
Congressional Districts (Chair) 
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Insurance  
Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
36th R.S. - 1919
Game and Fisheries  
Oil, Gas, and Mining  
Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair) 

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