Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	93	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th	Democrat	Gatesville / Coryell		Coryell, Lampasas
H	93	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917	34th	Democrat	Gatesville / Coryell		Coryell, Lampasas
H	71	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)	Democrat	Pecan Grove / Coryell		Coryell
H	67	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	Turnersville / Coryell		Coryell

(1) Josh F.A. Tharp, Pecan Grove, Cory'l [Coryell County]. "Members of the Twenty-Eighth Legislature, House of Representatives," 11/9/1902, p. 24. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Josh F.A. Tharp, Pecan Grove, Coryell County. House Journal.
(3) Pecan Grove, Coryell County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Gatesville. Texas Legislative Manual.
(5) Pecan Grove. Year Book for Texas, Volume II, 1903.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, "Who's What About the State Capitol," 1/12/1919, p. 7. Houston Post.
• Brief biographical sketch, Joshua F.A. Tharp, p. 208. Born 5/17/1869 near Franklin, Georgia. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

• Census of 1900 - Josh F.H. Tharp, Coryell County, age 31, born April 1869 in Georgia, wife Annie born September 1879, mother and father both born in Georgia, farmer, no children listed.
  Census of 1920 - J.F.A. Tharp, Coryell County, age 50, born circa 1870 in Georgia, farmer, son Josh, daughter Daisy. FamilySearch. 1900 1920
• Josh Franklin Tharp, birth date 5/17/1869, death date 5/12/1957 in Gatesville, Coryell County, farmer, informant Daisy Mae Tharp. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• Josh F. Tharp, birth date 5/17/1869, death date 5/12/1957, burial in Davidson Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County. Find a Grave.
• Josh Franklin Tharp, death date 5/12/1957, age 87, retired farmer, marriage to Annie Mae Arrowood (died 1908). Obituary, "Josh Tharp, 87, Buried Monday," 5/17/1957, p. 10. Gatesville Messenger and Star-Forum.
• 27th Legislature (1901) - Josh Tharp, postoffice Turnersville, nativity Georgia, farmer, age 31 (born circa 1870), Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
• Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

• Photograph. Josh F.A. Tharp, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Josh F.A. Tharp, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. J.F.A. Tharp, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Josh Tharp, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

36th R.S. - 1919 Appropriations   Constitutional Amendments   Public Lands and Buildings   Public Printing

34th R.S. - 1915 Constitutional Amendments   Reforms in Criminal Procedure   Senatorial Districts   Stock and Stock Raising

28th R.S. - 1903 Contingent Expenses   Finance   Penitentiaries   Public Lands and Land Office

27th R.S. - 1901 Agricultural Affairs   Irrigation   Public Lands and Land Office   Representative Districts   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Lunatic Asylum, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Blind Asylum, and Deaf and Dumb Asylum for Colored Youths