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Charles Vernon Terrell Full Name: Charles Vernon Terrell Date of birth: May 2, 1861 Date of death: November 17, 1959 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 31 Jul 28, 1910 - Jan 14, 1913 32nd (1) (2)   31st (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)   32nd (1) (2)   Democrat Decatur / Wise Senate President Pro Tempore (32nd)   Denton, Montague, Wise S 31 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 8, 1901 25th (10)   26th (9)   Democrat Decatur / Wise   Denton, Montague, Wise (1) 32nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 7/31/1911, 1st C.S. Senate Journal. (2) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/10/1911, p. 1. Senate Journal. (3) "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. (4) 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. (5) Elected at special election 7/23/1910 to succeed J.P. Hayter, resigned. Card File. (6) J.P. Hayter resigned after 2nd Called Session, 1909 - succeeded by C.V. Terrell, elected at the special election 7/23/1910. Card File. (7) "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. (8) 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. (9) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (10) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 52nd Legislature, R.S., HCR 68. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 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. 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. Grave marker inscription. Texas State Cemetery. 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. The 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. Photographs Photograph. C.V. Terrell, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. C.V. Terrell, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. C.V. Terrell, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board 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. Committee Informationtop 32nd R.S. - 1911 Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Finance   Internal Improvements   Labor   Mining and Irrigation   Public Printing   State Asylums   31st R.S. - 1909 Counties and County Boundaries   Engrossed Bills   Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair)  Public Health   Public Lands and Land Office   State Asylums   26th R.S. - 1899 Colored Deaf, Dumb & Blind Asylum, Special Committee to Investigate Charges against   Counties and County Boundaries (Chair)  Educational Affairs   Judiciary No. 2   Military Affairs   Public Lands and Land Office   Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments   25th R.S. - 1897 Agricultural & Mechanical College, Prairie View Normal, and Sam Houston Normal, Special   Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Federal Relations   Finance   Investigation Relative to Missing Amendment to S.B. No. 258 - Text-book Bill, Special   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Judiciary No. 2   Military Affairs (Chair)  Privileges and Election   Public Printing   Redistricting State Judiciary, Special   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Treasury and Comptroller's Office

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