Charles Salter Gainer
Full Name: Charles Salter GainerDate of birth: December 1, 1870
Date of death: January 13, 1955
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 14 | Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 3, 1933 | 42nd (1) (2) 41st (3) | Democrat | Bryan / Brazos | Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd) | Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Lee, Robertson, Washington |
| H | 22 | Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 | 34th | Democrat | Bryan / Brazos | Brazos, Grimes |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) 42nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 9/21/1932. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 42nd (1) (2) 41st (3)
- Leadership role:
-
Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd)
(41st)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Bryan / Brazos
- Counties in district:
- Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Lee, Robertson, Washington
- Legislatures:
- 34th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Bryan / Brazos
- Counties in district:
- Brazos, Grimes
Terms of service notes
(1) 42nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 3rd C.S., elected 9/21/1932. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
Biographical Information
- 54th Legislature, R.S., HSR 34. Resolutions - Memorial.
- 54th Legislature, R.S., SR 25. Resolutions - Memorial.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Judge Charles S. Gainer, p. 17, "Bryan: Men and Firms of Prominence, Who Make the Business and Social Life of a Lively City: Some Biographical and Business Sketches," The Pilot-Eagle, a combined trade edition of The Brazos Pilot and Bryan Eagle, 9/12/1895. Bryan Eagle.
- Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/26/1929, sec. 2, p. 2. Houston Post-Dispatch.
- Memorial, March 1955, p. 140. Texas Bar Journal.
- Obituary and photo, "Charles Gainer Dies Here," 1/14/1955, p. 1. Bryan Eagle.
- Charles Salter Gainer, birth date 12/1/1870 in Bryan, Texas; death date 1/13/1955 in Bryan, Brazos County; farmer-lawyer (retired). FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
- Charles S. Gainer, birth date 12/1/1870, death date 1/13/1955, photos, burial in Bryan City Cemetery, Bryan, Brazos County, with spouse Hettie Dunlap Gainer. Find a Grave.
- Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.
- Photograph. Chas. S. Gainer, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Charles S. Gainer, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. C.S. Gainer, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
- 42nd session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
- 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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