Delphos Washburn Harrington

Full Name: Delphos Washburn "Del" Harrington
Date of birth: May 15, 1867
Date of death: August 19, 1941

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	125	Sep 11, 1914 - Jan 12, 1915	33rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Dalhart / Dallam		Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Sherman

(1) Assumed Democrat; El Paso Herald-Post report of election results, Monday, 7/25/1938, showing Del W. Harrington ran for Justice of the Peace in 1938 in the Democratic primary (Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 2). Ancestry.com.
(2) "Colquitt Conceives Central Bank," 9/12/1914, pp. 1 and 10, mentions oath of office administered to "L.W. Herrington of Amarillo, succeeding Hilton R. Greer" (end p. 10). Galveston Daily News.
(3) Dalhart, the county seat of Dallam County, straddles the border of Dallam and Hartley counties in the northwest corner of the Texas Panhandle. Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) 33rd Legislature, 2nd C.S. - Oaths of Office Administered, Del W. Harrington and Henry Sackett, 9/11/1914, p. 165. House Journal.
(5) Dalhart, Dallam County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) Hilton R. Greer, sworn 7/22/1913, succeeded C. Herbert Walker, resigned 6/8/1913. Greer resigned 8/18/1914, succeeded by Del W. Harrington in special election 9/8/1914, sworn 9/11/1914. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 125
Sep 11, 1914 - Jan 12, 1915
Legislatures: 33rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dalhart / Dallam
Counties in district: Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Sherman

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Resolutions and Journal entries

47th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 26, 9/19/1941, pp. 245-246. Death date 8/19/1941. "At an early age he came to the Panhandle of Texas, and settled at Dalhart . . ." Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, December 1941, p. 791. "After practicing law in Dalhart for several years, Judge Harrington moved to Amarillo, where he became associated with A.A. Lumpkin. He gave up private practice for a short time to serve out an unexpired term in the Legislature. Leaving the Panhandle in 1915, he went to El Paso . . . Fellow attorneys . . . in January, 1939, drafted him for the office of justice of the peace." Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Delphos Washburn Harrington, birth date 5/15/1867 in Pike County, Illinois, death date 8/19/1941 in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, attorney-at-law, justice of peace. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Del W. Harrington (1867-1941), D.W. Harrington burial date 8/22/1941, and Mrs. Mary J. Harrington, birth date 3/7/1878, death date 3/2/1928, burial date 3/6/1928, burial in Masonic Lodge Cemetery, El Paso County. TXGenWeb Project.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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33rd R.S. - 1913
Banks and Banking
Conduct of Newspaper Representatives, Investigate

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