Horatio Lorenzo Tate

Full Name: Horatio Lorenzo Tate
Date of birth: September 4, 1841
Date of death: February 26, 1929

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	12	Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889	20th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Lindale / Smith		Smith
H	12	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Tyler / Smith		Smith

(1) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

41st Legislature, R.S., 3/1/1929, p. 1271. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Dr. Horatio L. Tate, Volume IV, p. 2135. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Biographical sketch, H.L. Tate, pp. 53-54. Born 9/4/1841 in Elbert County, Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Horatio Lorenzo Tate, pp. 184-186. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Obituary and photo, "Dr. H.L. Tate, Grand Old Man of Lindale, Died Tuesday, Feb. 26," The Tyler Journal, 3/1/1929, p. 1; "Dr. H.L. Tate – A Character Sketch by Our Editor," 3/8/1929, p. 6, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Character sketch includes Tate's introduction and championing of legislation creating a reformatory for juvenile offenders, the Gatesville Reformatory, or State Training School for Juveniles, HB 21, 20th Legislature [sic, not HB 23]. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). March 1, 1929 March 8, 1929

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army. Private, 3rd Texas Cavalry; and later Company E, Colonel Brown's Regiment of Texas Cavalry. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.

Other Resources

Census of 1870 - Horatio Tate, Garden Valley, Smith County, age 28, born in Georgia circa 1842, physician. FamilySearch.
Dr. H.L. Tate, birth date 9/4/1841 in Georgia, death date 2/26/1929 in Lindale, Smith County, Texas, medical doctor. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Dr. H.L. Tate, birth date 9/4/1841, death date 2/26/1929, burial in Lindale City Cemetery, Lindale, Smith County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. H.L. Tate, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
20th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

20th R.S. - 1887 Drouth (Drought) Sufferers (Chair) Penitentiaries (Chair) Public Lands and Land Office State Affairs State Penitentiaries (Chair)
19th R.S. - 1885 Penitentiaries Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas (Chair) State Affairs State Asylums

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