Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Avery Lenoir Matlock

Full Name: Avery Lenoir Matlock
Birth date: April 23, 1852
Death date: July 13, 1933

Terms of Service

Senate, 18th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 9/24/1884
Democrat
House, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Democrat

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Matlock resigned 9/24/1884. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. A.L. Matlock, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. A.L. Matlock, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Avery L. Matlock, birth date 4/23/1852 in Blunt County, Tennessee; death date 7/13/1933 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; attorney, Judge Corporation Court. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Avery Lenoir Matlock (1852-1933), burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, with spouse Alice Hyatt Matlock. Find a Grave .
Obituary, Judge Avery L. Matlock, "Judge Matlock Is Buried Here," 7/16/1933, p. 3. Former member of state legislature and manager of the XIT Ranch. Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
MATLOCK, AVERY L. (1852-1933). Birth date 4/22/1852, death date 7/14/1933. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch and portrait, A.L. Matlock, pp. 709-710. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1890.
Obituary and photo, Judge A.L. Matlock, "Services Set for Matlock," 7/14/1933, p. 11-A. San Antonio Light .
Biographical sketch, pp. 242-243. Birth date 4/23/1852. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.