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Arthur Tompkins Full Name: Arthur C. Tompkins Date of birth: November 19, 1855 Date of death: May 6, 1904 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 41 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th (4)   Republican Hempstead / Waller   Fort Bend, Waller H 41 Feb 15, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th (2)   Republican Hempstead / Waller   Fort Bend, Waller H 37 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (3)   Republican Hempstead / Waller   Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton (1) Roster of members of 17th Legislature lists A.C. Tompkins as a Republican, p. 1, 11/17/1880. Galveston Daily News 1884. (2) Tompkins, sworn 2/15/1895, unseated William Joseph in election contest the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005. (3) Included on roster of members of the 17th Legislature as a Republican, p. 6. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas . . . 1881. (4) Included on roster of members of the 26th Legislature as a Republican, p. 59. Texas Legislative Manual .   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Mentioned in biographical sketch of Henry C. Tompkins, p. 835, Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889. Portrait and biographical sketch, "Candidates for Congress," 9/3/1896, p. 6. "He is a staunch republican. [sic] was nominated by that party and elected a member of the Twenty-fourth legislature by a majority of 824 votes over his democratic opponent." Galveston Daily News 1884. Photographs Photograph. Arthur Tompkins, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Arthur Tompkins, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Other Resources 1880 census lists A.C. Tompkins of Waller, Texas - born in 1856 in Alabama. FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service . Obituary, 5/6/1904, p. 2. Galveston Daily News 1884. "In the spring of 1895, A.C. Tompkins of Hempstead introduced the first woman suffrage resolution in the Texas House." HJR29 discussed in "Angelina County women fought for the right to vote," 2/22/2007. Lufkin Daily News . Committee Informationtop 26th R.S. - 1899 Internal Improvements   Privileges and Elections   State Affairs   24th R.S. - 1895 Claims and Accounts   Judiciary No. 2   Mining and Minerals   Public Buildings and Grounds   17th R.S. - 1881 Federal Relations   Judiciary No. 2

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