Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	123	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th	Democrat	Plainview / Hale		Armstrong, Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Randall, Swisher
H	123	Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919	35th	Democrat	Plainview / Hale		Armstrong, Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Randall, Swisher
H	123	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917	34th	Democrat	Plainview / Hale		Armstrong, Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Randall, Smith, Swisher
H	25	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd (1)	Democrat	Merit / Hunt		Hunt
H	25	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th (2)	Democrat	Kingston / Hunt		Hunt

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 48th Legislature, R.S., HSR 28, 1/19/1943, pp. 89-90. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• Obituary, "Pioneer Texas Legislator Dies," 10/29/1942, p. 3. Col. T.J. Tilson, born 11/16/1847 in West Virginia, "pioneer Texas legislator who was instrumental in legislation that created the railroad commission and made cutting of barbed wire fences a penitentiary offense in Texas." Tilson was elected to the 18th Legislature in 1882, 22nd Legislature in 1890, and again in 1914, 1916, and 1918. Amarillo Daily News.
• Biographical sketch, p. 255. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Other Resources

• Thomas Jefferson Tilson, birth date 11/16/1847, death date 10/27/1942. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• T.J. Tilson, birth date 11/16/1847, death date 10/27/1942, burial in Plainview Cemetery, Plainview, Hale County. Find a Grave.
• Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

• Photograph. T.J. Tilson, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.T. Tilson, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. T.J. Tilson, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. T.J. Tilson, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. T.J. Tilson, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
• 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
• 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west 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 Ranger Force, Investigate (Chair)  Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions   Stock and Stock Raising

35th R.S. - 1917 Agriculture   Counties   Irrigation   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs

34th R.S. - 1915 Agriculture   Congressional Districts   Irrigation   State Affairs   State Asylums   Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair)

22nd R.S. - 1891 Constitutional Amendments   Judiciary No. 2   Labor   Military Affairs   Privileges and Elections   Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts   Stock and Stock Raising

18th R.S. - 1883 Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Fence Cutting   Internal Improvements   Privileges and Elections