Bowen Pope
Full Name: Bowen PopeDate of birth: September 5, 1878
Date of death: September 13, 1962
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 115 | Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 | 41st | Democrat | Hamlin / Jones | Jones, Shackelford | |
| H | 115 | Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 | 40th | Democrat | Hamlin / Jones | Jones, Shackelford | |
| H | 115 | Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 | 39th | Democrat | Hamlin / Jones | Jones, Shackelford |
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House District 115
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 Legislatures: 41st Party: Democrat Home City/County: Hamlin / Jones Counties in district: Jones, Shackelford |
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House District 115
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 Legislatures: 40th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Hamlin / Jones Counties in district: Jones, Shackelford |
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House District 115
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 Legislatures: 39th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Hamlin / Jones Counties in district: Jones, Shackelford |
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/24/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch.
Military Service Notes
- Bowen Pope, Hamlin, Texas, birth date 9/5/1878. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
- Private, Company K, 4th Regiment, Texas Infantry, Spanish-American War. Military grave marker, Bowen Pope, birth date 9/5/1878, death date 9/13/1962, burial in Hamlin Memorial Cemetery, Hamlin, Jones County. Includes obituary reprint from Kinney Funeral Home Book 1962-1964, p. 59. Find a Grave.
- Pope, Bowen, Texas Volunteer Guard, Call Number: 401-208. Born in Smith County, Tennessee. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.
Other Resources
- Bowen Pope, birth date 9/5/1878 in Tennessee; death date 9/13/1962 in Hamlin, Jones County, Texas; newspaper owner/newspaper man. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- Obituary and photo, "Services Held Saturday for Former Newspaper Publisher," 9/20/1962, p. 1. Bowen Pope, "former publisher of the Hamlin Herald, a state legislator in the 1920's," birth date 9/5/1878, Spanish-American War veteran. Hamlin Herald (Hamlin, Texas).
- 41st Legislature (1929) - Bowen Pope, postoffice Hamlin, nativity Tennessee, age 50, publisher, member of former legislatures: 39th-40th. Texas Legislative Manual.
Photographs
- Photograph. Bowen Pope, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Bowen Pope, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Bowen Pope, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
- 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
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