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Wardlow William Lane Full Name: Wardlow William Lane Date of birth: October 20, 1901 Date of death: February 8, 1988 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 2 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 8, 1963 56th   57th   Democrat Center / Shelby   Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby S 2 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 13, 1959 54th   55th   Democrat Center / Shelby   Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby S 2 Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd (1)   Democrat Center / Shelby   Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby S 2 Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953 52nd (2)   Democrat Center / Shelby   Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby S 2 Jan 14, 1947 - Jan 9, 1951 51st (3)   50th   51st (3)   Democrat Center / Shelby Senate President Pro Tempore (51st)   Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby S 2 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 14, 1947 48th   49th   Democrat Center / Shelby   Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby (1) 53rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/1953, pp. 16-17. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal. (2) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1952 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators. (3) 51st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 3/1/1950. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 54th Legislature, R.S., SR 95, 3/1/1955. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 71st Legislature, R.S., SR 578. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Candidate for Shelby County Attorney in 1930 and District Attorney of the 123rd Judicial District of Texas comprising Panola and Shelby counties in 1934. "Wardlow Lane is Candidate for County Attorney," Timpson Weekly Times, 1/3/1930, p. 5; "Center Man for Dist. Attorney," with photo, Carthage Panola Watchman, 1/11/1934, pp. 1, 4. NewspaperARCHIVE.com. Memorial, September 1989, p. 969. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Wardlow W. Lane, birth date 10/20/1901, death date 2/8/1988. FamilySearch U.S. Social Security Death Index. Wardlow W. Lane (1901-1988), grave marker "Texas State Senator 1943-1963," interment in Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Shelby County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. Wardlow Lane, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Wardlow Lane, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Wardlow Lane, 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Wardlow Lane, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Wardlow Lane, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Wardlow Lane, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Wardlow Lane, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Wardlow Lane, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Wardlow Lane, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature Photograph. Wardlow Lane, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 48th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 49th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 50th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 51st session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 52nd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 53rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 54th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board. 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. Committee Informationtop 57th R.S. - 1961 Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Finance   Jurisprudence   Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts   Oil and Gas   Rules   State Affairs (Chair)  Transportation   Water and Conservation   56th R.S. - 1959 Assignment, Special   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expense   Finance   Game and Fish   General Investigating (Chair)  Insurance   Investment Practices of State Funds, Investigation   Jurisprudence (Chair)  Local and Uncontested Bills, Special   Nominations   Oil and Gas   Privileges and Elections   Rules (Vice Chair)  State Affairs   Transportation   55th R.S. - 1957 Finance   Game and Fish   Insurance   Jurisprudence   Local and Uncontested Bills, Special   Nominations   Oil and Gas   Privileges and Elections   Public Health   Rules   State Affairs (Chair)  Transportation   54th R.S. - 1955 Civil Jurisprudence (Chair)  Conservation of Paintings   Criminal Jurisprudence   Finance   General Investigating   Highways and Motor Traffic   Insurance   Nominations of the Governor   Oil, Gas and Conservation   Preservation and Conservation of Paintings, Special   Senatorial Disticts   State Affairs   Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage   53rd R.S. - 1953 Civil Jurisprudence (Chair)  Committee of the Whole Senate   Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Finance   Local and Uncontested Bills, Special   Nominations of the Governor   Oil, Gas and Conservation   State Affairs   State Highways and Motor Traffic   Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage   52nd R.S. - 1951 Civil Jurisprudence (Vice Chair)  Corporation Laws Revision, Special   Finance   Judicial Districts (Vice Chair)  Nominations of the Governor (Chair)  Oil, Gas and Conservation   Public Health   State Affairs   State Institutions and Departments (Chair)  51st R.S. - 1949 Banking   Civil Jurisprudence (Chair)  Criminal Jurisprudence   Finance (Vice Chair)  Interstate Cooperation (Vice Chair)  Interstate Cooperation   Labor   Local and Uncontested Bills, Special (Chair)  Nominations of the Governor (Vice Chair)  Oil, Gas and Conservation   Penitentiaries   Privileges and Elections   State Affairs   50th R.S. - 1947 Banking   Civil Jurisprudence   Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair)  Game and Fish   Judicial Districts   Local and Uncontested Bills, Special   Oil, Gas and Conservation   Penitentiaries (Chair)  Privileges and Elections   Rules   State Affairs   State Penitentiaries and the Farm System, Investigation, Special   Towns and City Corporations (Vice Chair)  49th R.S. - 1945 Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair)  Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair)  Investigate Natural Gas Resources, Special   Oil, Gas and Conservation   Public Printing   State Affairs   Towns and City Corporations   48th R.S. - 1943 Agricultural Affairs   Civil Jurisprudence   Commerce and Manufacturing   Congressional Districts (Chair)  Counties and County Boundaries   Criminal Jurisprudence   Enrolled Bills (Chair)  Federal Relations   Finance   Insurance   Internal Improvements   Oil, Gas and Conservation   Public Buildings and Grounds   State Affairs   Textbooks and The University of Texas, Investigation, Special and Interim   Towns and City Corporations

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