Marshall Clinton Formby

Full Name: Marshall Clinton Formby, Jr.
Date of birth: April 12, 1911
Date of death: December 27, 1984

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	30	Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 9, 1945	47th 48th	Democrat	McAdoo / Dickens		Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, Yoakum

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Senate District 30
Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 9, 1945
Legislatures: 47th 48th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: McAdoo / Dickens
Counties in district: Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, Yoakum

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Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

51st Legislature, R.S., SR 28, 2/1/1949. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
69th Legislature, R.S., SR 15. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

FORMBY, MARSHALL CLINTON, JR. (1911-1984). Handbook of Texas Online.
Memorial, July 1985, p. 873. Texas Bar Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, Private. "State Senator Formby Waives Deferment to Become Army Private," 5/12/1942. Dallas Morning News.
World War II service, Corporal in officers' training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, "Legislature Faces Problem of Absences: Men in Armed Forces Can't Get Leave to Attend Sessions," 1/1/1943. Dallas Morning News.
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant. "Marshall Formby Does Not Seek Re-election," Crosbyton Review, 4/28/1944, p. 1, crediting the Crosby County Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
"In addition to his tireless devotion to the people of the State of Texas, his term as a state senator was interrupted by his service in World War II with the Army engineers in the European Theatre." 69th Legislature, R.S., SR 15. Resolutions - Memorial.
Pictured in uniform in 48th Senate composite photo and listed as Lt. Marshall Formby. State Preservation Board.
United States Army. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country, 2017.

Photographs

Photograph. Lt. Marshall Formby, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Marshall Formby, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

47th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
48th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

48th R.S. - 1943 Agricultural Affairs Contingent Expense Education Engrossed Bills (Chair) Enrolled Bills Finance Highways and Motor Traffic Internal Improvements Military Affairs Privileges and Elections Public Debts, Claims and Accounts Public Printing Rules Senatorial Districts (Vice Chair) State Penitentiaries Stock and Stock Raising
47th R.S. - 1941 Agricultural Conditions, Special Agriculture Contingent Expenses Counties and County Boundaries Criminal Jurisprudence Federal Relations (Vice Chair) Finance Penitentiaries Public Buildings and Grounds Public Debts, Claims and Accounts State Institutions and Departments Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)

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