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Benjamin Dudley Tarlton Full Name: Benjamin Dudley Tarlton, Sr. Date of birth: October 18, 1849 Date of death: September 22, 1919 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 39 Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 19th (1)   Democrat Hillsboro / Hill   Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Navarro H 56 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (2)   Democrat Hillsboro / Hill   Hill (1) Member of the Democratic Executive Committee of the State in both 1882 and 1884. Lewis Publishing Company, p. 726. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries Mentioned in memorial resolution for son, Benjamin Dudley Tarlton, Jr., 55th Legislature, R.S., HSR 184. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Photo and biographical sketch (Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold). Relatives: Benjamin Dudley Tarlton - grandfather, Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold - granddaughter. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000. TARLTON, BENJAMIN DUDLEY (1849-1919). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch and portrait, Wright Chalfant Morrow, Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1917-1921; Presiding Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1921-1939. Relatives: W.C. Morrow and Benjamin D. Tarlton - brothers-in-law. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004. Biographical sketch, B.D. Tarlton, pp. 52-53. Born 10/18/1849 in the Parish of St. Mary, Louisiana. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Portrait and biographical sketch, B.D. Tarlton, Judge, p. 97. Born 10/18/1849 in St. Marys Parish, Louisiana. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Biographical sketch, Judge Benjamin Dudley Tarlton, pp. 725-726. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Other Resources Portrait. Men of Texas: a Collection of Portraits, 1903. Photographs Photograph. B.D. Tarlton, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. B.D. Tarlton, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Photograph. B.D. Tarlton, Texas Jurists Collection Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 19th R.S. - 1885 Finance   Judiciary No. 2 (Chair)  Privileges and Elections   17th R.S. - 1881 Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Memorial for Hon. H.G. Bruce of Johnson County   Quarters for State Departments, Select   Revenue and Taxation   Senatorial and Representative Districts

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