Robert Enoch Yantis

Full Name: Robert Enoch Yantis
Date of birth: July 22, 1848
Date of death: April 13, 1929

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	28	Jan 14, 1919 - Aug 16, 1919	36th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Athens / Henderson	Henderson, Smith
H	28	Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919	35th	Democrat	Athens / Henderson	Henderson, Smith
H	29	Jul 28, 1910 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Athens / Henderson	Henderson

(1) Lloyd T. Smith, in special election 11/4/1919, sworn 5/27/1920, succeeded Robert E. Yantis, resigned 8/16/1919. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 35th-36th Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual.
(3) "Forecast of 32d Legislature: List of Democratic Nominees for Senate and House of Representatives: Elected for the Vacancies: Fifteen New Members of the Thirty-first are Chosen, Three of Them Senators," 8/6/1910, p. 11. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Robert E. Yantis, sworn 7/28/1910, succeeded John A. Mobley, resigned 12/22/1909. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

41st Legislature, 1st C.S., 4/29/1929, p. 43. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

Robert Enoch Yantis (1848-1929), burial in Athens Cemetery, Athens, Henderson County. Includes photograph, obituary from Athens Review 4/18/1929. Find a Grave.
"Two New Members: R.E. Yantis of Henderson and Daniel Watson of Hays Assumed Duties During Morning Session," 7/29/1910, p. 2. Includes information from speeches made by both new members. Galveston Daily News.
Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938. Henderson County, TXGenWeb Project.

Photographs

Photograph. R.E. Yantis, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.E. Yantis, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.C. Yantis, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north 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.

Committee Information top

36th R.S. - 1919 Common Carriers (Chair) Education Public Health Public Printing
35th R.S. - 1917 Cannon Removal from Capitol Grounds Common Carriers (Co-Chair) Education Engrossed Bills Juvenile Reforms Public Printing State Affairs To have printed the record of the impeachment trial.
31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Education Private Corporations Public Printing

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