Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Benjamin Franklin Cathey

Full Name: Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Cathey, Jr.
Birth date: September 9, 1870
Death date: April 13, 1952

Terms of Service

House, 45th Legislature
1/12/1937 - 1/10/1939
Democrat
House, 43rd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
Democrat
House, 32nd Legislature
1/10/1911 - 1/14/1913
Democrat
House, 31st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/12/1909 - 1/10/1911
Democrat

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.
(2) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. B.F. Cathey, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ben Cathey, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ben Cathey, State Preservation Board
Photograph. B.F. Cathey, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Benjamin Franklin Cathey and Susan Maria/Mariah Reinhardt, parents of Horace Schley Cathey, Campbell Cureton Cathey, and Gordon Russell Cathey, birth dates ranging from 1899-1902 in Quitman, Wood County. Father's birthplace Cabot, Arkansas. FamilySearch . Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981
Ben F. Cathey, birth date 9/9/1871 in Cabot, Arkansas, death date 4/13/1952 in Quitman, Wood County, Texas, retired lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Ben F. Cathey, Jr., birth date 9/9/1870, death date 4/13/1952, burial in Quitman Cemetery, Quitman, Wood County, with spouse Susie M. Cathey. Find a Grave .
Death notice, "Funeral Tuesday for Ex-Legislator," 4/14/1952, p. 1. Ben F. Cathey, age 81, former state representative and Wood county judge, death date 4/13/1952. Pampa Daily News .
32nd Legislature (1911) - B.F. Cathey, postoffice Quitman, nativity Arkansas, age 40 (born circa 1871), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People 1937.