Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	15	Jan 8, 1963 - Jan 10, 1967	58th (1)   59th	Democrat	El Campo / Wharton		Austin, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Lavaca, Matagorda, Washington, Wharton
S	15	Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963	57th (2) (3) (4)	Democrat	El Campo / Wharton	Senate President Pro Tempore (57th)	Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee, Waller, Wharton
S	15	Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 10, 1961	55th   56th	Democrat	El Campo / Wharton		Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee, Waller, Wharton

(1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(2) 57th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 2/1/1962. Senate Journal.
(3) Presiding officers and acting lieutenant governors after Ramsey's resignation were President Pro Tempore ad Interim Bruce A. Reagan; President Pro Tempore Charles F. Herring, succeeded 1/3/1962, and presiding during 3rd Called Session; and President Pro Tempore ad Interim Culp Krueger, succeeded 2/1/1962. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1962 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 58th Legislature, R.S., SR 29, President Pro Tempore Ad Interim. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
• 67th Legislature, R.S., SCR 20. Resolutions - Memorial.
• Addresses by Senator Culp Krueger, Senator Dorsey Hardeman, Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith, Governor John Connally, and President Lyndon Baines Johnson, on presentation of portrait of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, pursuant to SR 504, 59th R.S., 5/28/1965, pp. 1961-1964. Senate Journal.

Military Service Notes

• United States Army, Second Lieutenant, World War II. "Senator Krueger served with distinction and honor in World War II entering the Army as a volunteer in January, 1943, and attaining the rank of Second Lieutenant; he spent 18 months in New Guinea and the Philippines before his discharge in 1946." 67th Legislature, R.S., SCR 20. Resolutions - Memorial.
• United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Other Resources

• Culp Krueger, birth date 6/8/1913, death date 10/6/1979, burial in Garden of Memories, El Campo, Wharton County. Find a Grave.
• "Operation Hometown," Governor Culp Krueger, El Campo, Texas, 9/8/1962. Texas Legislative Service.

Photographs

• Photograph. Culp Krueger, 59th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Culp Krueger, 58th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Culp Krueger, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Culp Krueger, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Culp Krueger, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Culp Krueger, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 55th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 56th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 57th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 58th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
• 59th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

59th R.S. - 1965 Agriculture and Livestock   Claims   Education   Game and Fish   Interstate Cooperation   Jurisprudence   Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Multiple Use and Pollution of All Waters of Texas (Cont. of Bays of Texas, 58th) (Chair)  News Media on Proceedings in Criminal and/or Civil Courts   Nominations (Chair)  Privileges and Elections   Water and Conservation (Vice Chair)

58th R.S. - 1963 Agriculture and Livestock (Vice Chair)  Bays of Texas (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Game and Fish   Interstate-Cooperation (Chair)  Jurisprudence   Labor and Management Relations   Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Districts   Nominations   Privileges and Elections   Public Health   Water and Conservation

57th R.S. - 1961 Agriculture and Livestock   Allocate Space in Capitol for Two Houses   Bay Development and Use   Constitutional Amendments   Cost of Government   Game and Fish (Chair)  Jurisprudence   Labor and Management Relations   Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Military and Veterans Affairs   Nominations   Public Health (Vice Chair)  Screwworm Eradication (Chair)  State Affairs   State Building Commission - Constructing State Emergency Operating Center   Transportation   Water and Conservation

56th R.S. - 1959 Agriculture and Livestock (Vice Chair)  Assignment, Special   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expense   Cost of Government   Counties, Cities and Towns   Education   Finance   Game and Fish (Chair)  Jurisprudence   Labor and Management Relations (Vice Chair)  Nominations   Public Health (Vice Chair)  Radiation   State Affairs   Transportation

55th R.S. - 1957 Agriculture and Livestock (Vice Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Counties, Cities and Towns   Education   Game and Fish   General Investigating   Insurance Company of Texas (ICT), Investigation, Special   Jurisprudence   Labor and Management Relations   Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Nominations   Public Health   State Affairs   Transportation