in Waco, Texas. The following year the W. R. Poage Legislative Library for Graduate Studies and Research was dedicated on the Baylor University Campus to house Poage's congressional papers and the papers of eight other former U. S. Congressmen. On January 3, 1987, he died of heart failure at 87 years old after receiving open heart surgery. References External links WR Poage at Oakwood Cemetery (Waco, Texas) 1899 births 1987 deaths People from Waco, Texas Farmers from Texas Baylor University alumni Baylor Law School alumni Baylor University faculty Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Waco, Texas) University of Texas at Austin alumni Texas lawyers Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives Democratic Party Texas state senators United States Navy sailors United States Navy personnel of World War I Military personnel from Texas Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American lawyers