William Lafayette Blanton

Full Name: William Lafayette Blanton
Date of birth: December 28, 1851
Date of death: May 26, 1937

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	81	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Gainesville / Cooke		Cooke
H	81	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Gainesville / Cooke		Cooke

(1) District 31 comprised of Kaufman county; District 81 comprised of Cooke county, pp. 34, 36, Acts of 1901, 27th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 8, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) District 81 represented by W. L. Blanton, p. 3. House Journal.
(3) District 31 represented by William L. Blanton, p. 297. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

45th Legislature, 1st C.S., 5/27/1937, p. 17. First City Attorney of Gainesville. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, pp. 91-92. First City Attorney at Gainesville. Birth date 12/28/1851. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.

Other Resources

William Lafayette Blanton, born 1851 in Tennessee, death date 5/26/1937 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.

Photographs

Photograph. W.L. Blavton, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.L. Blanton, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

30th R.S. - 1907 Banks and Banking Insurance Judiciary State Affairs
29th R.S. - 1905 Judiciary Municipal Corporations Pan American College of Commerce Private Corporations Public Debt State Affairs Stock and Stock Raising

This website is a work in progress. Information on this website is provided as a public service by the Legislative Reference Library. The Legislative Reference Library makes no representation as to its completeness or accuracy and makes no warranty in regard to its use. Users assume all risk of reliance on the information included on this site.

Have a question, comment or contribution? Email the Library or call 512-463-1252.

Many photos in Texas Legislators: Past and Present are used with permission of the Texas State Preservation Board. For permission to reproduce these photos, please contact the Texas State Preservation Board graphics coordinator at 512-475-3060.