Benjiman F. James

Full Name: Benjiman F. James
Date of birth: January 1873
Date of death: April 25, 1910

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	39	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis		Ellis
H	39	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis		Ellis

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House District 39
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Ellis

House District 39
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Ellis

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Resolutions and Journal entries

31st Legislature, 3rd C.S., 7/19/1910, p. 20. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

B.F. Jomes [Ben F. James], born 1874, death date 4/22/1910 in Milford, Ellis County, married, lawyer. Marriage to Mae Faulkner 6/30/1903. Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982; Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965; James, Kerr, McConnell, Adair Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
Census of 1900 - Benjamin F. James, Ellis County, age 27, born January 1873 in Texas, lawyer, son of Isaac L. and Mary J. James.
Census of 1910 - Benjiman F. James, Milford, Ellis County, age 36, farm laborer, living with brother James H. James. FamilySearch. 1910
Benjiman F. James (1873-1910), burial in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Ellis County. Includes marriage notice from Waxahachie Daily Light, 7/1/1903, and death notice for ex-Representative B.F. James from Dallas Morning News, 4/27/1910. Find a Grave.
30th Legislature (1907) - B.F. James, postoffice Waxahachie, nativity Texas, age 54, lawyer, 54 years in Texas, member former legislatures: 29th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. B.F. James, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. B.F. James, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

30th R.S. - 1907 Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit Penitentiaries Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Debt (Chair) Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure
29th R.S. - 1905 Judiciary Municipal Corporations Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

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