Samuel Edward Stratton

Full Name: Samuel Edward "Sam" Stratton
Date of birth: February 6, 1869
Date of death: December 20, 1927

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	68	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Waco / McLennan		McLennan
H	68	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Waco / McLennan		McLennan

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.

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House District 68
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waco / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan

House District 68
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waco / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan

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Other Resources

Samuel E. Stratton, birth date 2/6/1869 in Tennessee; death date 12/20/1927 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Sam E. Stratton (1869-1927), burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County. Find a Grave.
Brief vignettes on members of the 30th Legislature, "Kodaks by the Chaplain," The Houston Post, 5/12/1907, p. 6, col. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
30th Legislature (1907) - Sam E. Stratton, postoffice Waco, nativity Tennessee, age 38 (born circa 1869), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
Obituary, "Sam Stratton Dies Here on Tuesday," 12/21/1927, p. 2. Sam E. Stratton, death date 12/20/1927, "served a term in the legislature." Survivors include his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Harry B. Hoke of Waco, Mrs. L.K. Ory of Abilene. Waco News-Tribune.
Announcement by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Edward Stratton of daughter Katherine Thomas' wedding to Dr. Lee Kenneth Orey, 9/23/1923, p. 26. Waco Times-Herald.

Photographs

Photograph. Sam E. Stratton, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.E. Stratton, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Claims and Accounts Forestry Insurance Judiciary Private Corporations (Chair) Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure Revenue and Taxation State Affairs
31st R.S. - 1909 Forestry Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure State Affairs
30th R.S. - 1907 Banks and Banking Commerce and Manufactures Criminal Jurisprudence Game and Fisheries Insurance Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure

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