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Ira Thomas Valentine Full Name: Ira Thomas Valentine Date of birth: January 12, 1869 Date of death: May 17, 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 54 Jan 9, 1917 - Mar 26, 1918 35th (1)   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Denton, Tarrant H 54 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Denton, Tarrant (1) Valentine resigned 3/26/1918. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 43rd Legislature, R.S., 5/23/1933, p. 2612. D.T. Valentine. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches I.T. (Ira Thomas) Valentine, birth date 1/12/1869, death date 5/17/1933, biographical sketch, burial in Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park, Fort Worth, with Elizabeth Neal Valentine. Find a Grave. Portrait and biographical sketch, Ira T. Valentine, Volume II, pp. 160-161. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906. Other Resources Ira Thomas Valentine, birth date 1/12/1869, death date 5/17/1933, lawyer, spouse Elizabeth Zook. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Obituary, Ira Thomas Valentine, "Prominent Lawyer Dies Suddenly," 5/18/1933, p. 2. Valentine "served two terms in the Texas Legislature 1909-1913 [sic]." Taylor Daily Press. 35th Legislature (1917) - I.T. Valentine, postoffice Fort Worthy, nativity Texas, age 48, 48 years in Texas, lawyer, member of former legislatures: 34th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News. Photographs Photograph. I. T. Valentine, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. I. T. Valentine, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 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. Committee Informationtop 35th R.S. - 1917 Appropriations   Education   Judicial Districts   Private Corporations   Revenue and Taxation   34th R.S. - 1915 Liquor Traffic   Reforms in Civil Procedure   Reforms in Criminal Procedure   Senatorial Districts   State Asylums

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