Arthur B. Tarwater

Arthur Bosworth Tarwater

Full Name: Arthur Bosworth Tarwater
Date of birth: February 17, 1872
Date of death: June 10, 1959

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 120 Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941 46th   Democrat Plainview / Hale   Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Swisher
H 120 Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 45th   Democrat Plainview / Hale   Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer
H 120 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Plainview / Hale   Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer
H 120 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Plainview / Hale   Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer
H 120 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Plainview / Hale   Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer
H 120 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Plainview / Hale   Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer

(1) Farmer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service top

House District 120
Jan 10, 1939 - Jan 14, 1941
Legislatures: 46th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Plainview / Hale
Counties in district: Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Swisher
House District 120
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939
Legislatures: 45th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Plainview / Hale
Counties in district: Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer
House District 120
Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937
Legislatures: 44th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Plainview / Hale
Counties in district: Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer
House District 120
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Plainview / Hale
Counties in district: Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer
House District 120
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Plainview / Hale
Counties in district: Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer
House District 120
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Plainview / Hale
Counties in district: Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Lamb, Parmer

(1) Farmer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/5/1929, sec. 2, p. 6. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Other Resources

  • Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

46th R.S. - 1939
Agriculture (Vice Chair) 
Conservation and Reclamation  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Revenue and Taxation  
45th R.S. - 1937
Agriculture (Chair) 
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Conservation and Reclamation  
Delegation to U.S. Congress on Agricultural Matters, Special  
Revenue and Taxation  
44th R.S. - 1935
Agriculture  
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Conservation and Reclamation (Chair) 
Cotton Export, Special  
Education  
Revenue and Taxation  
Texas-Oklahoma Boundary Dispute, Special  
43rd R.S. - 1933
Agriculture (Chair) 
Congressional and Legislative Districts  
Education  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
Revenue and Taxation  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Agriculture  
Congressional Districts  
Live Stock and Stock Raising  
Public Printing (Chair) 
Revenue and Taxation  
41st R.S. - 1929
Education  
Lease of Land for Travis County Courthouse, Investigate  
Revenue and Taxation  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  

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