P.D. Thornton

Powell Dickson Thornton

Full Name: Powell Dickson Thornton, Jr.
Date of birth: May 12, 1919
Date of death: October 29, 1997

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 35 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat Mount Pleasant / Titus   Morris, Titus

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House District 35
Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943
Legislatures: 47th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Mount Pleasant / Titus
Counties in district: Morris, Titus

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Other Resources

  • Powell Dickson Thornton, Jr., birth date date 5/12/1919 in Mount Pleasant, Texas; death date 10/29/1997. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Ancestry.com.
  • P. D. Thornton, Jr., birth date 5/12/1919, death date 10/29/1997, burial in Masonic Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Titus County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

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47th R.S. - 1941
Conservation and Reclamation  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Education  
Federal Relations  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  

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