Lloyd Edwin Price

Full Name: Lloyd Edwin Price
Date of birth: August 2, 1893
Date of death: July 2, 1952

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	1	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 8, 1929	39th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 40th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Daingerfield / Morris		Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus
H	35	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Daingerfield / Morris		Morris, Titus

(1) 40th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(2) Texarkana, Bowie County. Texas Legislative Manual.
(3) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(4) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, October 1952, p. 539. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Lloyd E. Price, birth date 8/2/1893, death date 7/2/1952, burial in Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Inscription: "Patriot - Scholar, Orator, Poet Philosopher." Includes photograph. Find a Grave.
Mentioned as a leading opponent of anti-evolution bills in the 1920's, p. 58 (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.; HB 378, 39th Legislature, R.S.; HB 90, 41st Legislature, R.S.). Ledbetter, Patsy. "Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929," Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 45-62. JSTOR.

Photographs

Photograph. Lloyd E. Price, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lloyd E. Price, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Lloyd E. Price, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

40th R.S. - 1927 Civil Jurisprudence Commerce and Manufactures Congressional Districts (Vice Chair) Insurance Internal Improvements Judicial Districts (Chair) Nominations by Governor Public Debts State Institutions and Departments (Chair)
39th R.S. - 1925 Civil Jurisprudence Commerce and Manufactures Congressional Districts (Vice Chair) Constitutional Amendments Educational Affairs Internal Improvements Judicial Districts (Chair) Public Debts Restoration of Political Rights to James E. Ferguson, Investigate Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Highways and Motor Traffic as of 1/23/1925) Senatorial Districts (Chair) State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair)
38th R.S. - 1923 Contracts for Textbooks Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) Federal Relations Judiciary Revenue and Taxation

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