Terms of Service

• House, 30th Legislature
  1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
  Democrat
  
• House, 29th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  1/10/1905 - 1/8/1907
  Democrat
  

(1) District 31 comprised of Kaufman county; District 81 comprised of Cooke county, pp. 34, 36, Acts of 1901, 27th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 8, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) District 81 represented by W. L. Blanton, p. 3. House Journal .
(3) District 31 represented by William L. Blanton, p. 297. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 45th Legislature, 1st C.S., 5/27/1937, p. 17. First City Attorney of Gainesville. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. W.L. Blanton, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. W.L. Blavton, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, pp. 91-92. First City Attorney at Gainesville. Birth date 12/28/1851. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
• William Lafayette Blanton, born 1851 in Tennessee, death date 5/26/1937 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .

Committee Information

• 30th R.S. - 1907
• Banks and Banking  
• Insurance  
• Judiciary  
• State Affairs  
• 29th R.S. - 1905
• Judiciary  
• Municipal Corporations  
• Pan American College of Commerce  
• Private Corporations  
• Public Debt  
• State Affairs  
• Stock and Stock Raising