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Sidney John Howeth Full Name: Sidney John Howeth Date of birth: June 15, 1863 Date of death: January 11, 1939 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 99 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th (1) (2)   Democrat Cleburne / Johnson   Johnson (1) Home address Cleburne. House Journal. (2) Home post office Alvarado. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Census of 1910 - S.J. Howeth, Alvarado, Johnson County, age 47, born circa 1863 in Texas, farmer, spouse Alice R. Howeth. Census of 1920 - S.J. Hauseth [sic: Howeth], Justice Precinct 4, Johnson County, age 55, born circa 1865 in Texas, farmer, spouse Alice R. Howeth. Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, S.J. Howeth marriage to A.R. Heffner, 2/18/1885 in Johnson County. FamilySearch. 1910 1920 Marriage Rev. Sidney John Howeth, birth date 6/15/1863, death date 1/11/1939, burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Alvarado, Johnson County; spouse Alice Rose Heffner Howeth. Find a Grave. Mentioned in FUNDAMENTALISM. "In 1923, state representatives S.J. Howeth of Johnson County and J.T. Stroder of Navarro County, a Baptist minister and Baptist layman, respectively, introduced the legislature's first antievolution bill." (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.) Handbook of Texas Online. Stroder-Howeth antievolution bill mentioned, pp. 147-148. Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984. Mentioned as a leading proponent of anti-evolution bills in the 1920's, pp. 57-58 (HB 97, 38th Legislature, R.S.; HB 378, 39th Legislature, R.S.; HB 90, 41st Legislature, R.S.). Ledbetter, Patsy. "Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929," Arizona and the West, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 45-62. JSTOR. 38th Legislature (1923) - S.J. Howeth, postoffice Alvarado, nativity Texas, age 58 (born circa 1865), farmer, minister, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. S.J. Howeth, 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. Committee Informationtop 38th R.S. - 1923 Agriculture   Labor

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