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Charles Vernon Terrell
Full Name: Charles Vernon Terrell
Date of birth: May 2, 1861
Date of death: November 17, 1959
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Terms of Service top
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32nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 7/31/1911, 1st C.S.
Senate Journal.
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32nd Legislature - 1/10/1911, p. 1, listed in Roll Call with "holdover Senators."
Senate Journal.
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"Candidates For Next Legislature...Preliminary Survey of Situation Looks Unfavorable for Submission in 32d...Positions of Aspirants...", 7/10/1910, p. 20. Includes a list of candidates for the special election to be held on 7/23/1910. "C.V. Terrell, Decatur."
Galveston Daily News.
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Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415.
Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.
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Elected at special election 7/23/1910 to succeed J.P. Hayter, resigned.
Card File.
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J.P. Hayter resigned after 2nd Called Session, 1909 - succeeded by C.V. Terrell, elected at the special election 7/23/1910.
Card File.
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"Forecast of 32d Legislature: List of Democratic Nominees for Senate and House of Representatives: Elected for the Vacancies: Fifteen New Members of the Thirty-first are Chosen, Three of Them Senators," 8/6/1910, p. 11.
Galveston Daily News.
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Charles V. Terrell, sworn 7/28/1910, succeeded John P. Hayter, resigned 6/15/1910.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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26th Legislature - 1/10/1899, p. 1, listed in "roll of hold-over Senators."
Senate Journal.
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25th Legislature - 1/12/1897, p. 1, listed in "roll of Senators-elect."
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
52nd Legislature, R.S., HCR 68.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
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Biographical Sketches |
TERRELL, CHARLES VERNON (1861-1959).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketches, Samuel Terrell, C.V. Terrell, and John J. Terrell, pp. 244-249, including Charles Vernon Terrell, pp. 246-247.
Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads - Twenty Years of Intrepid History, 1907.
Memorial, February 1960, p. 90.
Texas Bar Journal.
"Statesman on Horseback: Judge, Senator, State Treasurer and Railroad Commissioner, C.V. Terrell Was Confidant of Eight Texas Governors," by A. Garland Adair, January 1960, pp. 10-12, biographical sketch, painting & photo. Mentions John Garner.
Texas Parade.
Terrell, Charles Vernon.
Texas State Cemetery.
Biographical sketch.
Texas State Government: a Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Biographical sketch, Charles Vernon Terrell, Volume II, pp. 45-47.
Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.
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Military Service Notes |
"He served as a first lieutenant and captain of the Decatur Rifles and led the militia unit at the Fort Worth railroad strike when Governor John Ireland called out the state guard."
Handbook of Texas Online.
Decatur Rifles, Captain. World War I. Grave marker inscription.
Texas State Cemetery.
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Other Resources |
Mentioned in "Under the Dome at Austin," 4/25/1947.
Mexia Daily News.
Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service.
Railroad Commission of Texas.
Mentioned in George Butler Terrell biographical sketch, "Terrill/Terrill/Tyrrell Lines."
RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
Author - Austin, Tex.: C.V. Terrell, 1948, 336 pgs.
Terrells: Eighty-Five Years Texas from Indians to Atomic Bomb, 1948.
Mentioned in "Wise is a Healthy County," 11/26/1953, p. 1. "The oldest living ex-Senator, Terrell came to Austin in 1897."
Wise County Messenger.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
C.V. Terrell, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
C.V. Terrell, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
C.V. Terrell, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
32nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
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