Roy Alvin Baldwin

Full Name: Roy Alvin Baldwin
Date of birth: January 2, 1885
Date of death: October 2, 1940

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	119	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Slaton / Lubbock	Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum
H	122	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th	Democrat	Slaton / Lubbock	Andrews, Borden, Briscoe, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum
H	122	May 20, 1920 - Jan 11, 1921	36th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Slaton / Lubbock	Andrews, Borden, Briscoe, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum

(1) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in subsequent Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual.
(2) Included in "New Legislators in the Texas House," list of 12 new members elected to fill vacancies since the last session, 5/21/1920, p. 11. Austin American.
(3) 36th Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Oath of Office Administered (to Lidiak, Jackson, Garrett, Daniel, Vickers, Biggers, Merriman, Beavens, Neal, Baldwin, Morris, and Pollard), 5/20/1920, pp. 1-2. No committee appointments listed for these members in 3rd-4th C.S. House Journal.
(4) In Senate, William Bledsoe, in special election 7/14/1919, sworn 7/17/1919, succeeded William S. Bell, died 6/21/1919. In House, Roy Baldwin, in special election 8/30/1919, sworn 5/20/1920, succeeded William H. Bledsoe, resigned 7/17/1919. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 119
Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 38th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Slaton / Lubbock
Counties in district: Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum

House District 122
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Slaton / Lubbock
Counties in district: Andrews, Borden, Briscoe, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum

House District 122
May 20, 1920 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Slaton / Lubbock
Counties in district: Andrews, Borden, Briscoe, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, January-February 1941, p. 47. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Roy A. Baldwin, birth date 1/2/1885 in Missouri; death date 10/2/1940 in Slaton, Lubbock County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Roy Alvin Baldwin, birth date 1/2/1885; permanent home address in Slaton, Lubbock County; attorney at law; draft registration 9/12/1918 in Lubbock County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
Roy A. Baldwin, birth date 1/2/1885, death date 10/2/1940, "Jurist - Author - Legislator - Co-Author of Bill Creating Texas Technological College," burial in Englewood Cemetery, Slaton, Lubbock County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in Hooded Crusaders: The Ku Klux Klan in the Panhandle and South Plains, 1921-1925, 2008.
"Baldwin Is Strongly Endorsed for State Representative," 7/31/1919, p. 6. Includes photograph. Lubbock Avalanche.
Obituary and photo, "R.A. Baldwin Dies at Slaton," 10/3/1940, pp. 1, 6; "attorney and co-author of the bill creating Texas Technological college at Lubbock . . . Mr. Baldwin and W.H. Bledsoe of Lubbock were co-authors of the Texas Tech bill." Lubbock Morning Avalanche.

Photographs

Photograph. R.A. Baldwin, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.A. Baldwin, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.A. Baldwin, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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 Contracts for Textbooks Judiciary Liquor Traffic Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Chair) Public Health Public Lands and Buildings State Affairs
37th R.S. - 1921 Constitutional Amendments Judiciary Neinast Investigating Public Health Public Lands and Buildings (Vice Chair) Representative Districts State Affairs

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