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Samuel H. Goodlett Full Name: Samuel H. "Sam" Goodlett Other surnames: Goodlet Date of birth: November 19, 1853 Date of death: April 1, 1928 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 47 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th   Democrat Brenham / Washington   Washington H 48 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th   Democrat Brenham / Washington   Burleson, Lee, Washington   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 41st Legislature, R.S., 1/18/1929, p. 163. Died "in the spring of 1928, at Austin, Texas," age 75. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Obituary, Sam Goodlet, 4/4/1928, p. 2. Goodlet "served two terms in the state legislature from Washington county." Died Sunday morning, 4/1/1928. Austin American. Biographical sketch, Samuel H. Goodlett, Brenham, p. 161. Born 11/19/1853 in Gay Hill, Washington County. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901. Other Resources Census of 1880 - Samuel H. Goodlett, Washington County, age 26, born circa 1854 in Texas, school teacher, living with brother James Goodlett. Census of 1900 - Sam R. Goodlet, Brenham, Washington County, age 47, born November 1853 in Texas, lawyer. Census of 1920 - Samuel H. Goodlet, Travis County, age 65, born circa 1855 in Texas. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1920 S.H. Goodlet, death date 4/1/1928, Austin, Travis County, "abt 70 yrs" of age, burial in Prairie Lea Cemetery. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Samuel H. Goodlett. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. Candidate announcement, "For Floater: Mr. Sam H. Goodlett Will Make the Race Subject to the Primaries," Brenham Daily Banner, 5/29/1898, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "He is a native of Texas and Washington county, born near Gay Hill in 1853." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 27th Legislature (1901) - S.H. Goodlett, postoffice Brenham, nativity Texas, age 39, lawyer, 39 years in Texas, lawyer, member of previous legislature: 26th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. Samuel H. Goodlett, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 27th R.S. - 1901 Insurance, Statistics and History   Judiciary No. 2   Pan-American Relations, Investigate   Private Land Claims (Chair)  Public Buildings and Grounds   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Senatorial Districts   26th R.S. - 1899 Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2   Penitentiaries   Public Buildings and Grounds

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