Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	44-1	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927	39th (1) (2)	Democrat	Sherman / Grayson		Grayson
H	44-1	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Sherman / Grayson		Grayson

(1) G.A. (Gus) Atkinson, District No. 44, Place No. 1, Sherman, Texas. House Journal.
(2) G.A. Atkinson. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 47th Legislature, R.S., HSR 97, 2/5/1941, p. 356. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• Gustavus Adolphus Atkinson, photo and obituary transcribed by Carol Moore, burial in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson County. Find a Grave.
• Obituary, Gustavus Atkinson, "Former Grayson Representative Dies on Sunday," The Denison Press, 11/13/1939, pp. 1, 4, crediting Grayson County Frontier Village. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

• Gustavus A. Atkinson, birth date 11/4/1857 in Smithfield, North Carolina, death date 11/12/1939 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, retired farmer, spouse Mrs. Drusilla Atkinson. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.

Photographs

• Photograph. G.A. Atkinson, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. G.A. Atkinson, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

39th R.S. - 1925 Commerce and Manufacturing   Contingent Expense   Counties   State Affairs

38th R.S. - 1923 Public Lands and Buildings   Revenue and Taxation   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions