Thomas Jackson Floyd

Full Name: Thomas Jackson Floyd
Date of birth: December 17, 1842
Date of death: July 16, 1905

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	52	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Populist	Elgin / Bastrop		Bastrop
H	52	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd ⁽⁴⁾	Populist	Elgin / Bastrop		Bastrop

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

FLOYD, THOMAS JACKSON (1842–1905). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Thomas J. Floyd, birth date 12/17/1842, death date 7/16/1905, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, McDade, Bastrop County, with spouse Mary J. Floyd. Find a Grave.
Death notice, Hon. T.J. Floyd, McDade, Tex., July 17. Death date 7/16/1905. "Ex-Representative T.J. Floyd . . . was about the last prominent Populist of this county." Galveston Daily News.
Thomas J. Floyd, pp, 213, 296-297, 301, 313, 318. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism, 2020.
23rd Legislature (1893) - T.J. Floyd, postoffice Elgin, nativity Tennessee, age 50 (born circa 1843), farmer, 33 years in Texas, Populist. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. T.J. Floyd, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T.J. Floyd, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T.J. Floyd, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895 Constitutional Amendments Finance Military Affairs Redistricting the State into Judicial Districts, Special
23rd R.S. - 1893 Agricultural Affairs Mining and Minerals Privileges and Elections

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