Edward Guy LeStourgeon

Full Name: Edward Guy LeStourgeon
Date of birth: April 9, 1878
Date of death: March 11, 1958

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	78-4	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bexar
H	85	Jul 18, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bexar

(1) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 38th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual.
(2) 37th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Oath of Office Administered (to Sam D. W. Low, Sr. and E. Guy LeStourgeon), 7/18/1921, p. 3. No committee appointments listed for Low or LeStourgeon in 1st or 2nd C.S. House Journal.
(3) E. Guy LeStourgeon, sworn 7/18/1921, succeeded O. B. Black, resigned after Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 78-4
Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 38th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

House District 85
Jul 18, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

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Resolutions and Journal entries

38th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, Resolution naming E.G. LeStourgeon of Bexar County "Poet Laureate of the Thirty-eighth Legislature," 6/9/1923, pp. 322-323. House Journal.

Military Service Notes

United States Volunteer Cavalry, 1st Regiment, Troop F, Spanish-American War. Military grave marker, E. Guy LeStourgeon, birth date 4/9/1878, death date 3/11/1958, burial in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Edward G. Sturgeon, San Antonio, Bexar County, age 22, born April 1878 in Texas, clerk/grocer, son living in household of Charles J. and Eunice V. Sturgeon.
Census of 1910 - Edward G. LeStourgeon, San Antonio, Bexar County, age 32, born circa 1878 in Texas, wife Elizabeth.
Census of 1920 - Edward Guy Lemourgeon [LeStourgeon], San Antonio, Bexar County, age 40, born circa 1880 in Texas, honey producer, wife Elizabeth. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920
E. Guy LeStourgeon, birth date 4/9/1879 in Texas; death date 3/11/1958 in Houston, Harris County; printer/publishing. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
"Tax Equalization Texas' Problem Says Candidate," 5/31/1922, p. 10. Includes photograph. San Antonio Express.
"E.G. LeStourgeon Will Make Race for Texas Legislature," 6/10/1921, p. 8. San Antonio Light.
Obituary, E. Guy LeStourgeon, 3/13/1958, p. 40. Age at death 79, burial in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio. San Antonio Light.

Photographs

Photograph. E.G. LeStourgeon, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

38th R.S. - 1923
Agriculture
Insurance
Labor (Chair)
Military Affairs
Revenue and Taxation

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