Buckley Burton Paddock

Full Name: Buckley Burton Paddock
Date of birth: January 22, 1844
Date of death: January 9, 1922

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	52	Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915	33rd	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Tarrant
H	53	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Tarrant

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Terms of Service top

House District 52
Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915
Legislatures: 33rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant

House District 53
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Captain B.B. Paddock, pp. 385-386. The Encyclopedia of the New West, 1881.
PADDOCK, BUCKLEY BURTON (1844-1922). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Captain B.B. Paddock, pp. 347-349. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, 1895.
Biographical sketch, Captain B.B. Paddock, Volume IV, pp. 750-752. Member of the Legislature in 1881-1883 and again in 1913-1915. Edited by Captain B.B. Paddock. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition, 1922.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Captain B.B. Paddock, Volume I, pp. 217-219. Edited by Captain B.B. Paddock. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.
Biographical sketch and guide to the B.B. Paddock Papers, 1862-1946, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain of select espionage unit, Company K, 1st Mississippi Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online.
Buckley B. Paddock. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Brave Pioneers Who Blazed the Way for Tarrant's Present Greatness," 12/15/1912, Part Four, p. 1. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Mentioned in FORT WORTH AND RIO GRANDE RAILWAY. Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in PADDOCK VIADUCT. Handbook of Texas Online.
Entries for Buckley Burton Paddock and his father, Boardman Paddock. Paddock Genealogy: Descendents of Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony, Blacksmith and Constable, 1646. HeritageQuest Online.
Mentioned in "The Texas Spring Palace," by Barbara Knox. Tarrant County, TXGenWeb Project.

Photographs

Photograph. B.B. Paddock, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

33rd R.S. - 1913 Common Carriers Confederate Home (Chair) Congressional Districts Education Insurance Privileges, Suffrage and Elections (Vice Chair)
17th R.S. - 1881 Educational Affairs Internal Improvements Memorial for Hon. H.G. Bruce of Johnson County Public Printing (Chair)

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