{{Short description|American politician (born 1939)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Beverly Massey Woolley | image = | state_house = Texas | state = Texas | district = 136th | term_start = 1995 | term_end = 2013 | preceded = Ashley Smith | succeeded = Tony Dale (district moved to Williamson County) | party = Republican | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|07|25}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | alma_mater = University of Houston }} '''Beverly Massey Woolley''' (born July 25, 1939) is a former Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives representing District 136 which had covered the part of Harris County, Texas, before the district was moved to suburban Austin in Williamson County.
Woolley was the co-chair of the Tea Party caucus in the Texas House.<ref name=KHOU/> In 2011, Woolley was chosen to replace the Democrat Craig Eiland of Galveston as Speaker pro tempore after Republicans captured a super majority of seats (101 of 150) in the 2010 elections.<ref name=KHOU>{{cite news|url=http://www.khou.com/news/neighborhood-news/Eiland-loses-speaker-pro-tem-spot-to-Republican--115715259.html |work=KHOU |author=Aulds T.J. |title=Galveston: Eiland loses speaker pro tem spot to Republican |date=2011-02-10 |accessdate=2011-02-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713145451/http://www.khou.com/news/neighborhood-news/Eiland-loses-speaker-pro-tem-spot-to-Republican--115715259.html |archivedate=2011-07-13 }}</ref>
Woolley owned property in the Stablewood subdivision in Houston and about 1994 had planned to build a house in the subdivision.<ref>Urban, Jerry. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1994_1190202 State Representative, District 136]." ''Houston Chronicle''. Sunday February 27, 1994. Voter's Guide 8. Retrieved on January 7, 2011.</ref>
==External links== {{Portal|Texas|Politics}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081015064445/http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist136/woolley.htm Beverly Woolley, Texas House of Representatives] * [http://cotwd.capwiz.com/bio/id/8271 Coalition of Texans with Disabilities]
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