Robert Lee Ragsdale

Full Name: Robert Lee Ragsdale
Date of birth: January 13, 1862
Date of death: January 27, 1902

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	12	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th	Democrat	Denton / Denton		Denton
H	12	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	Denton / Denton		Denton

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House District 12
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton

House District 12
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton

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Other Resources

Robert "Lee" Ragsdale," birth date 1/13/1862 in Houlka, Chicasaw County, Mississippi; death date 1/27/1902 in Denton, Denton County, Texas. billie nelson wimberly Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
Death notice, Hon. R. Lee Ragsdale, 1/28/1902, p. 7. Death date 1/27/1902, "former member of the Legislature from this county [Denton]." Dallas Morning News.
Census of 1900 - Robert L. Ragsdale, Denton, Denton County, age 36, born January 1864 in Mississippi, attorney at law, mother Margurite, wife Laurie. FamilySearch.
Robert Lee Ragsdale (1862-1902), burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Denton, Denton County, with spouse Laurie Nichols Ragsdale. Find a Grave.
Mentions former State Representative R. Lee Ragsdale's involvement in establishment of State Industrial School for Girls, pp. 261-262. History of Denton County, From Its Beginning to 1960, 1978.
Death notice, Hon. R. Lee Ragsdale, The Houston Daily Post, 1/29/1902, p. 3. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
23rd Legislature (1893) - R.L. Ragsdale, District 12, postoffice Denton, nativity Mississippi, age 29, lawyer, 17 years in Texas, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. R.L. Ragsdale, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Robt. Lee Ragsdale, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. R.L. Ragsdale, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

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 Austin Daily Statesman Reporter Conduct Civil Code, Special County Government and County Finances Education Finance Insurance, Statistics, and History Judiciary No. 2
23rd R.S. - 1893 Agricultural Affairs Claims and Accounts Education Public Buildings and Grounds State Institutions of Learning, Joint Committee on

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