George B. Terrell

George Butler Terrell (born December 5, 1862 in Alto , Cherokee County , Texas , †  April 18, 1947 there ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Terrell attended the public schools of his home country and then the Sam Houston Teachers' College in Huntsville . He then finished his training with a degree at Baylor University in Waco . Between 1886 and 1903 Terrell was a teacher in Cherokee County. He served on the Texas State Teacher Examination Board in 1897 and 1902. A year later he was a member of the commission responsible for teaching materials. From 1903 Terrell worked in Alto in agriculture and especially in the field of cattle breeding. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1898 and 1932 he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives on several occasions . From 1920 to 1931 he was also Secretary of Agriculture ( Commissioner of Agriculture ) of the State of Texas.

In the congressional elections of 1932 Terrell was elected for the then state-wide 21st seat of Texas in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. Since he renounced another candidacy in 1934, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . It was then that the first New Deal laws were passed by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, George Terrell resumed his previous agricultural activities. He died on April 18, 1947 in his hometown of Alto.

Web links

• George B. Terrell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George B. Terrell in the database of Find a Grave (English)