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Robert Elijah Bertram Full Name: Robert Elijah Bertram Date of birth: September 15, 1851 Date of death: April 9, 1933 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 34 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th   Democrat Sulphur Springs / Hopkins   Hopkins H 34 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th (1)   Democrat Sulphur Springs / Hopkins   Hopkins H 6 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th (2) (3) (4) (5)   Democrat Sulphur Springs / Hopkins   Hopkins H 18 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th   Democrat Reilly Springs / Hopkins   Hopkins H 18 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th   Democrat Reilly Springs / Hopkins   Hopkins (1) Sulphur Springs. Texas Legislative Manual. (2) Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County. House Journal. (3) Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) Hopkins County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992. (5) Reily Springs. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, birth date 9/15/1851. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Other Resources R.E. Bertram, birthplace Tennessee, death date 4/9/1933 in Sulphur Springs, burial in "Rocky Springs" cemetery. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Robert Elijah Bertram (1851-1933). Grave marker photos, burial in Reilly Springs Cemetery, Reilly Springs, Hopkins County. Find a Grave. Census of 1880 - Robert E. Bertram, Precinct No. 3, Hopkins County, age 28, birthplace TN. Census of 1900 - Robt Bertram, date of birth Sept. 1851, age 48, Precinct No. 3, Hopkins County, birthplace TN, farmer. Census of 1910 - Robert C. [E.?] Bertram, Part of Precinct No. 3, Hopkins County, age 58, birthplace TN, farmer. Census of 1920 - Robert E. Bertram, Sulphur Springs City, Hopkins County, age 78, birthplace TN, Local Representative, Hopkins County. HeritageQuest Online. Photographs Photograph. R.E. Bertram, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.E. Bertram, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.E. Bertram, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.E. Bertram, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.E. Bertram, 24th 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. 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 36th R.S. - 1919 Commerce and Manufactures   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Revenue and Taxation   Stock and Stock Raising   35th R.S. - 1917 Claims and Accounts   Congressional Districts   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Revenue and Taxation   Senatorial Districts (Vice Chair)  State Asylums   29th R.S. - 1905 Claims and Accounts   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Asylums   25th R.S. - 1897 Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Public Debt   Public Health and Vital Statistics   24th R.S. - 1895 Agricultural Affairs   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Debt   Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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