T.P. Buffington

Thomas Patrick Buffington

Full Name: Thomas Patrick Buffington
Date of birth: November 23, 1869
Date of death: January 12, 1952

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 44 Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913 32nd   Democrat Anderson / Grimes   Grimes

Terms of Service top

House District 44
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 32nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Anderson / Grimes
Counties in district: Grimes

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, Judge Thomas Patrick Buffington and father, Judge Thomas C. Buffington, Volume 5, pp. 2278-2279. Birth date 11/23/1970 in Anderson, Texas, elected Grimes County Judge in 1904. "He was chosen as a representative from Grimes county to the Thirty-second Legislature in 1910, and was on the judiciary, education and military affairs committees." "At the time of the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Spain, Judge T.P. Buffington was a member of the Shaw Rifles, at Navasota, with which company he went to the rendezvous camp at Austin, as first lieutenant." A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.

Military Service Notes

Other Resources

  • Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County, 1930.
  • Census of 1900 - Tom P. Buffington, Justice Precinct 1, Grimes County, age 30, born November 1870 in Texas, lawyer, son of Tom and Mattie B. Buffington.
    Census of 1910 - Thomas P. Buffington, Justice Precinct 1, Grimes County, age 39, born circa 1871 in Texas, lawyer, spouse Vivienne.
    Census of 1920 - Thomas P. Buffington, Justice Precinct 1, Grimes County, age 49, born circa 1871 in Texas, county office/judge, spouse Vivienne T. Buffington.
    Census of 1940 - T.P. Buffington, Navasota, Justice Precinct 3, Grimes County, age 69, born circa 1871 in Texas, lawyer/private practice, spouse Vivian Buffington. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 1940
  • Thomas Patrick Buffington, birth date 11/23/1869 in Anderson, Texas; death date 1/12/1952 in Navasota, Grimes County; lawyer; served in Spanish-American War. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Thomas Patrick Buffington, birth date 11/23/1869, death date 1/12/1952, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes County, with spouse Vivenne Taylor Buffington. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary and photo, "Final Rites Held Sunday for Judge Buffington, 81," and "Judge Buffington," 1/17/1952. Judge Thomas Patrick Buffington, Grimes County Judge 1905-1908 and 1917-1920, Grimes County Attorney, and "a member of the State Legislature in 1911." Spanish-American War veteran. Courtesy Navasota Public Library. Navasota Examiner.
  • 32nd Legislature (1911) - T.P. Buffington, postoffice Anderson, nativity Texas, age 40 (born circa 1871), attorney, 40 years in Texas, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

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Committee Information top

32nd R.S. - 1911
Civil and Criminal Procedure  
Education  
Military Affairs  
Representative Districts  

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