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

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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.

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House District 54
Jan 9, 1917 - Mar 26, 1918
Legislatures: 35th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Denton, Tarrant

House District 54
Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917
Legislatures: 34th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Denton, Tarrant

(1) Valentine resigned 3/26/1918. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, R.S., 5/23/1933, p. 2612. D.T. Valentine. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

I.T. Valentine, birth date 1/12/1869, death date 5/17/1933, 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 Information top

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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