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Members of the 46th Legislature (1939) View roster for another session:

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Chamber	Member	District	Service				City	County
S	A.M. Aikin, Jr.	8	S H	1937 - 1979 1933 - 1937	45th - 65th 43rd - 44th	D D	Paris	Lamar
S	E. Harold Beck	1	S H	1936 - 1945 1933 - 1936	44th - 48th 43rd - 44th	D D	Texarkana	Bowie
S	Houghton Brownlee	20	S	1937 - 1945	45th - 48th	D	Austin	Travis
S	Gordon Burns	5	S H	1935 - 1941 1931 - 1935	44th - 46th 42nd - 43rd	D D	Huntsville	Walker
S	Wilbourne B. Collie	24	S	1933 - 1941	43rd - 46th	D	Eastland	Eastland
S	Clay Cotten	6	S	1935 - 1944	44th - 48th	D	Palestine	Anderson
S	William Graves F	11	S	1939 - 1947	46th - 49th	D	Dallas	Dallas
S	Doss Hardin F	13	S	1938 - 1940	45th - 46th	D	Waco	McLennan
S	James Manley Head	21	S H	1937 - 1941 1933 - 1937	45th - 46th 43rd - 44th	D D	Stephenville	Erath
S	Joe L. Hill, Jr.	2	S	1935 - 1943	44th - 47th	D	Henderson	Rusk
S	Claude Isbell	10	S	1935 - 1942	44th - 47th	D	Rockwall	Rockwall
S	Rogers Kelley F	27	S	1939 - 1957	46th - 54th	D	Edinburg	Hidalgo
S	Royston Lanning F	22	S H	1939 - 1947 1935 - 1939	46th - 49th 44th - 45th	D D	Jacksboro	Jack
S	Vernon Lemens	12	S H	1937 - 1945 1929 - 1937	45th - 48th 41st - 44th	D D	Rainbow	Somervell
S	Jesse Martin F	28	S	1939 - 1947	46th - 49th	D	Fort Worth	Tarrant
S	Penrose Metcalfe F	25	S H H	1939 - 1947 1937 - 1939 1929 - 1935	46th - 49th 45th 41st - 43rd	D D D	San Angelo	Tom Green
S	George Moffett F	23	S H	1939 - 1965 1931 - 1939	46th - 58th 42nd - 45th	D D	Chillicothe	Hardeman
S	Weaver Moore	16	S H	1935 - 1947 1933 - 1935	44th - 49th 43rd	D D	Houston	Harris
S	G. Hobert Nelson	30	S	1935 - 1941	44th - 46th	D	Lubbock	Lubbock
S	Will D. Pace	7	S	1933 - 1941	43rd - 46th	D	Tyler	Smith
S	John S. Redditt	3	S	1933 - 1941	43rd - 46th	D	Lufkin	Angelina
S	Morris Roberts	18	S H	1937 - 1941 1933 - 1937	45th - 46th 43rd - 44th	D D	Pettus	Bee
S	Allan Shivers	4	S	1935 - 1947	44th - 49th	D	Port Arthur	Jefferson
S	C.C. Small	31	S	1929 - 1941	41st - 46th	D	Amarillo	Potter
S	J. Franklin Spears	26	S H	1937 - 1946 1935 - 1937	45th - 49th 44th	D D	San Antonio	Bexar
S	Albert Stone	14	S	1933 - 1941	43rd - 46th	D	Brenham	Washington
S	William Stone F	17	S	1939 - 1947	46th - 49th	D	Galveston	Galveston
S	Louis Sulak	15	S	1935 - 1947	44th - 49th	D	La Grange	Fayette
S	Olan Van Zandt	9	S H	1935 - 1943 1927 - 1935	44th - 47th 40th - 43rd	D D	Tioga	Grayson
S	Rudolph Weinert	19	S	1936 - 1963	44th - 57th	D	Seguin	Guadalupe
S	Henry L. Winfield	29	S	1937 - 1949	45th - 50th	D	Fort Stockton	Pecos
H	C. L. Allen F	84	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Bertram	Burnet
H	Alvin Ray Allison F	119	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Levelland	Hockley
H	Lon E. Alsup	7	H	1931 - 1941	42nd - 47th	D	Carthage	Panola
H	Preston L. Anderson	78-1	H H	1937 - 1941 1927 - 1935	45th - 47th 40th - 43rd	D D	San Antonio	Bexar
H	William J. Bailey F	34	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Winnsboro	Wood
H	H. Cecil Baker	20	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Rosenberg	Fort Bend
H	Roy Gilbert Baker F	45	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Sherman	Grayson
H	John Junior Bell	68	S H	1947 - 1954 1937 - 1947	50th - 53rd 45th - 50th	D D	Cuero	DeWitt
H	Dallas A. Blankenship	50-5	H	1937 - 1949	45th - 50th	D	Dallas	Dallas
H	Paul C. Boethel	23	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Hallettsville	Lavaca
H	Bowlen Bond	57	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Fairfield	Freestone
H	James Rush Boyd F	82-1	H	1939 - 1940	46th	D	Austin	Travis
H	Max W. Boyer	124	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Perryton	Ochiltree
H	J. Bryan Bradbury	116	H	1935 - 1940	44th - 46th	D	Abilene	Taylor
H	Edgar Lee "Ed" Bradford, Jr. F	101-4	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Fort Worth	Tarrant
H	Clayton Bray F	6	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Longview	Gregg
H	William W. "Billy" Bridgers	89-2	H H	1936 - 1945 1899 - 1905	44th - 49th 26th - 28th	D D	El Paso	El Paso
H	Albert Broadfoot	41	H	1936 - 1941	44th - 46th	D	Bonham	Fannin
H	Henry Brown	31	H H	1937 - 1941 1925 - 1929	45th - 46th 39th - 40th	D D	Jacksonville	Cherokee
H	R. Lee Brown F	9	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Nacogdoches	Nacogdoches
H	Marvin Bundy F	111-2	H	1939 - 1947	46th - 49th	D	Wichita Falls	Wichita
H	Omar Burkett F	107	H H	1953 - 1955 1939 - 1945	53rd 46th - 48th	D D	Cisco	Eastland
H	Weldon Burney F	94	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Evant	Coryell
H	Albert Cauthorn	87	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Del Rio	Val Verde
H	Augustine Celaya	72	H	1933 - 1949	43rd - 50th	D	Brownsville	Cameron
H	William Chambers F	125	H H	1949 - 1957 1939 - 1947	51st - 54th 46th - 49th	D D	May	Brown
H	Lester Clark F	108	H	1939 - 1945	46th - 48th	D	Breckenridge	Stephens
H	Epp Cleveland	81-2	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 47th	D	Buda	Hays
H	Ellis Cockrell F	93	H	1939 - 1940	46th	D	Lampasas	Lampasas
H	Wiley Coleman F	56	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Madisonville	Madison
H	Rawlins M. Colquitt	51	H	1935 - 1941	44th - 46th	D	Dallas	Dallas
H	Neveille Colson F	27	S H	1949 - 1967 1939 - 1949	51st - 59th 46th - 50th	D D	Navasota	Grimes
H	Leighton Cornett F	36	H	1939 - 1940	46th	D	Clarksville	Red River
H	W. N. Corry F	102	H	1939 - 1939	46th	D	Keller	Tarrant
H	Pleasant Crossley F	106	H	1939 - 1941	46th - 47th	D	Eastland	Eastland
H	Price Daniel, Sr. F	14	H	1939 - 1945	46th - 48th	D	Liberty	Liberty
H	Matt Davis F	4	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Gilmer	Upshur
H	Minet Davis	13	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Kirbyville	Jasper
H	Travis Dean	115	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Hamlin	Jones
H	Albert Derden	62	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Marlin	Falls
H	Prentis Dickison	78-4	H	1935 - 1941	44th - 46th	D	San Antonio	Bexar
H	Robert Temple Dickson, Sr. F	117	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Sweetwater	Nolan
H	Raymond Donaghey	112	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Vernon	Wilbarger
H	Maurice Dowell	81-1	H H	1939 - 1941 1931 - 1933	46th 42nd	D D	Luling	Caldwell
H	Pat Dwyer	78-2	H H	1939 - 1945 1931 - 1937	46th - 48th 42nd - 44th	D D	San Antonio	Bexar
H	Clarence Farmer	102	H H	1935 - 1941 1931 - 1933	44th - 46th 42nd	D D	Fort Worth	Tarrant
H	J. R. Faulkner F	100-1	H	1939 - 1940	46th	D	Waxahachie	Ellis
H	Fred Felty	78-5	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	San Antonio	Bexar
H	Walter Ferguson F	8	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Overton	Rusk
H	Virgil Fielden	35	H	1937 - 1939	45th - 46th	D	Mount Pleasant	Titus
H	Earl Fitts	47	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Nacona	Montague
H	Robert Fuchs	24	H	1927 - 1945	40th - 48th	D	Burton	Washington
H	William Jessey Galbreath F	22	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Wharton	Wharton
H	Claud Henry Gilmer F	86	H	1939 - 1949	46th - 50th	D	Rocksprings	Edwards
H	James Goodman F	88	H	1939 - 1944	46th - 48th	D	Midland	Midland
H	Margaret Gordon F	97-1	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Waco	McLennan
H	L. DeWitt Hale F	43	H H H	1965 - 1978 1953 - 1963 1939 - 1940	59th - 65th 53rd - 57th 46th	D D D	Farmersville	Collin
H	Ed Hamilton	59	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Hillsboro	Hill
H	Harold Hankamer	90	H	1933 - 1941	43rd - 46th	D	El Paso	El Paso
H	Dorsey B. Hardeman F	91	S H	1947 - 1969 1939 - 1942	50th - 60th 46th - 47th	D D	San Angelo	Tom Green
H	Ross Hardin	61	H	1935 - 1941	44th - 46th	D	Waco	Limestone
H	Robert Harp F	121	H	1939 - 1940	46th	D	Kirkland	Childress
H	George Harper	3	H	1936 - 1940	44th - 46th	D	Jefferson	Marion
H	Eugene Harrell	38	H H	1945 - 1947 1937 - 1941	49th 45th - 46th	D D	Paris	Lamar
H	Mason Harrell F	127	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Smithville	Bastrop
H	Cloris Harris	118	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Spur	Dickens
H	Howard Hartzog	69	H	1933 - 1947	43rd - 49th	D	Port Lavaca	Calhoun
H	James M. Heflin	19-2	H H H	1957 - 1959 1945 - 1951 1937 - 1943	55th 49th - 52nd 45th - 47th	D D D	Houston	Harris
H	Arthur Holland	95	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Belton	Bell
H	George Howard	19-1	H	1935 - 1945	44th - 48th	D	Houston	Harris
H	Frank Howington F	104	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Comanche	Comanche
H	Henry A. "Salty" Hull	101-3	H H H	1949 - 1954 1943 - 1947 1937 - 1941	51st - 53rd 48th - 49th 45th - 46th	D D D	Fort Worth	Tarrant
H	Courtney Hunt F	113	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Haskell	Haskell
H	Samuel Isaacks	89-1	H H	1939 - 1954 1903 - 1905	46th - 53rd 28th	D D	El Paso	El Paso
H	B. Thomas Johnson, Jr.	101-1	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Fort Worth	Tarrant
H	Leland Johnson	100-2	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Waxahachie	Ellis
H	Joe Keith	44-2	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Sherman	Grayson
H	Kirby Kelly	29	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Huntsville	Walker
H	Harold L. Kennedy F	55	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Palestine	Anderson
H	Troy Kern	126	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Sulphur Springs	Hopkins
H	John Kerr F	66	H	1939 - 1940	46th	D	La Grange	Fayette
H	W. Clinton Kersey F	48	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Bridgeport	Wise
H	DeWitt Kinard F	15	H	1939 - 1945	46th - 48th	D	Port Arthur	Jefferson
H	Delmar King	103	H	1937 - 1940	45th - 46th	D	Garner	Parker
H	Jack Langdon	98	H	1937 - 1940	45th - 46th	D	Glen Rose	Somervell
H	Henry G. Lehman	65	H	1937 - 1957	45th - 54th	D	Giddings	Lee
H	Homer Lakerby Leonard	73	H H	1935 - 1947 1931 - 1935	44th - 49th 42nd - 43rd	D IN	McAllen	Hidalgo
H	Boniface Leyendecker	75	H	1937 - 1947	45th - 49th	D	Laredo	Webb
H	G. H. "Jack" Little	123	H	1937 - 1947	45th - 49th	D	Amarillo	Potter
H	Ottis E. Lock F	12	S H	1949 - 1959 1938 - 1949	51st - 55th 45th - 50th	D D	Lufkin	Zavala
H	Edgar Loggins	28	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Goodrich	Polk
H	Marvin London	47	H	1937 - 1939	45th - 46th	D	Montague	Montague
H	Abe M. Mays, Sr.	2	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Atlanta	Cass
H	Obel McAlister F	101-2	H	1939 - 1947	46th - 49th	D	Fort Worth	Tarrant
H	Lloyd McDaniel F	50-3	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Dallas	Dallas
H	William McDonald	26	H	1937 - 1945	45th - 48th	D	Bryan	Brazos
H	Charles M. McFarland	111-1	H H	1943 - 1949 1935 - 1941	48th - 50th 44th - 46th	D D	Wichita Falls	Wichita
H	Houston McMurry F	110	H	1939 - 1947	46th - 49th	D	Henrietta	Clay
H	Eugene McNamara F	96	H	1939 - 1945	46th - 48th	D	Waco	McLennan
H	John Mohrmann F	67	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Gonzales	Gonzales
H	Joe Monkhouse	77	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Uvalde	Uvalde
H	William Montgomery F	19-3	H	1939 - 1947	46th - 49th	D	Houston	Harris
H	George C. Morris	40	S H	1942 - 1951 1935 - 1942	47th - 51st 44th - 47th	D D	Greenville	Hunt
H	Robert Emmett Morse	19-4	H	1927 - 1945	40th - 48th	D	Houston	Harris
H	Greene Newell F	109	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Eliasville	Young
H	Carl Nicholson	16-2	H	1925 - 1947	39th - 49th	D	Port Neches	Jefferson
H	J. J. Oliver	10	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Center	Shelby
H	J. J. Olsen	23	H H H	1939 - 1939 1935 - 1937 1927 - 1933	46th 44th 40th - 42nd	D D D	Yoakum	Lavaca
H	Jim Pace F	46	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Gainesville	Cooke
H	Alfred Petsch	85	H H	1935 - 1941 1925 - 1933	44th - 46th 39th - 42nd	D D	Fredericksburg	Gillespie
H	Doyle Pevehouse F	60	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Corsicana	Navarro
H	R. G. Piner, Jr. F	42	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Greenville	Hunt
H	Walter Pope	71	H H	1929 - 1941 1917 - 1925	41st - 46th 35th - 38th	D D	Corpus Christi	Nueces
H	Bailey Ragsdale	30	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Crockett	Houston
H	Bose Reader F	105	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Stephenville	Erath
H	Robert Reader	78-3	H H	1945 - 1946 1929 - 1941	49th 41st - 46th	D D	San Antonio	Bexar
H	Robert Reaves F	92	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Bronte	Coke
H	William Otey Reed	50-2	H	1933 - 1951	43rd - 51st	D	Dallas	Dallas
H	Cecil Rhodes	63	H	1937 - 1945	45th - 48th	D	Hearne	Robertson
H	Harvey Riviere F	16-1	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Port Arthur	Jefferson
H	John Roach F	52	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Forney	Kaufman
H	Grady Roberts F	114	H	1939 - 1943	46th - 47th	D	Munday	Knox
H	Theodore Robinson F	17	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Galveston	Galveston
H	John Russell	99	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Cleburne	Johnson
H	Helmuth Schuenemann	79	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Kenedy	Karnes
H	Kal Segrist F	50-4	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Dallas	Dallas
H	J. Harvey Shell	70	H H	1947 - 1951 1937 - 1945	50th - 51st 45th - 48th	D D	Gregory	San Patricio
H	Joe Skiles F	49	H	1938 - 1941	45th - 47th	D	Denton	Denton
H	Howard Smith	39	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Sulphur Springs	Hopkins
H	Magus Smith F	76	H	1939 - 1945	46th - 48th	D	Pearsall	Frio
H	Paris Smith	21	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Bay City	Matagorda
H	James C. Spencer F	54	H H	1947 - 1949 1939 - 1940	50th 46th	D D	Athens	Henderson
H	Jeff Stinson	50-1	H	1933 - 1944	43rd - 48th	D	Dallas	Dallas
H	Robert Stoll F	83	H	1938 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Taylor	Williamson
H	Eugene Talbert	32	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Tyler	Smith
H	Arthur Tarwater	120	H	1929 - 1941	41st - 46th	D	Plainview	Hale
H	James E. Taylor F	58	S H	1944 - 1949 1939 - 1943	48th - 51st 46th - 47th	D D	Kerens	Navarro
H	Roy Tennant	33	H	1937 - 1940	45th - 46th	D	Longview	Gregg
H	Homer Thornberry	82-2	H	1937 - 1941	45th - 46th	D	Austin	Travis
H	E.H. Thornton	18	H	1935 - 1941	44th - 46th	D	Galveston	Galveston
H	Reese Turner F	64	H	1939 - 1941	46th - 47th	D	Cameron	Milam
H	Arnold J. Vale	74	H H	1949 - 1955 1937 - 1947	51st - 53rd 45th - 49th	D D	Rio Grande City	Starr
H	Edward Vint F	25	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Sealy	Austin
H	Frank Voigt F	80	H	1939 - 1947	46th - 49th	D	New Braunfels	Comal
H	James Waggoner	44-1	H	1935 - 1941	44th - 46th	D	Whitewright	Grayson
H	Odis Weldon	53	H	1937 - 1940	45th - 46th	D	Canton	Van Zandt
H	Thomas D. Wells, Jr. F	37	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Paris	Lamar
H	Mainor Westbrook	11	H H	1943 - 1947 1937 - 1941	48th - 49th 45th - 46th	D D	Hemphill	Sabine
H	Joseph White F	1	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	New Boston	Bowie
H	D. M. Wilson F	97-2	H	1939 - 1940	46th	D	Waco	McLennan
H	Joe Winfree	19-5	H H H	1955 - 1961 1937 - 1947 1923 - 1924	54th - 56th 45th - 49th 38th	D D D	Houston	Harris
H	Robert Wood	5	H	1935 - 1941	44th - 46th	D	Marshall	Harrison
H	Eugene Worley	122	H	1935 - 1940	44th - 46th	D	Shamrock	Wheeler
H	Douglas Wright	35	H	1939 - 1941	46th	D	Omaha	Titus
H	Ernest Roy Wright F	29	H	1939 - 1939	46th	D	Huntsville	Walker

Political party affiliation cannot be confirmed in the Texas Almanac, Texas State Directory, Texas Legislative Manual or Secretary of State election results in the LRL's collection. See also Handbook of Texas Online, "Texas Legislature", 1930-1959: "From 1930 to 1959 only one Republican was elected to the Texas legislature, and he served for only one term (1951-52) [Edward Dicker, 52nd Legislature]. No third parties were represented."

F indicates this was the first time that the member served in either a regular or called session.

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