M.L. Huddleston

Martin Luther Huddleston

Full Name: Martin Luther Huddleston
Date of birth: April 22, 1854
Date of death: October 29, 1910

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 29 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th (1) (2) (3)   Populist Palestine / Anderson   Anderson

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 29
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th (1) (2) (3)  
Party: Populist
Home City/County: Palestine / Anderson
Counties in district: Anderson

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • M.H. Huddleston. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
  • Martin Luther Huddleston and Eunice Delaney, parents of Frank Marvin Huddleston (birth date 1/13/1877 in Palestine, Anderson County) and Pearl Eunice Huddleston (birth date 2/3/1890 in Elkhart, Anderson County).
    Census of 1880 - M.L. Huddleston, Anderson County, age 26, born circa 1854 in Texas, farmer, wife Eunice, sons Virgil A. and Franklin, daughter Francis P.
    Census of 1900 - M.L. Huddleston, Anderson County, age 46, born April 1854 in Texas, lumberman, parents born in Alabama, boarder in household of W.E. Lewis.
    Census of 1910 - Martin L. Huddleston, Jacksonville, Cherokee County, age 55, born circa 1855 in Texas, agent/tombstones, wife Eunice, sons Elbert and Moody, daughters Pearl, Josie, and Gertrude. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (1) Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (2)
  • Rev. M.L. Huddleston, portraits, burial in Crawford Cemetery, Slocum, Anderson County. Find a Grave.
  • M.L. Huddleston, lumberman, age 40 in 1895, born in Texas. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
  • M.L. Huddleston. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
  • Martin Luther Huddleston, p. 296. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism, 2020.

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Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895
Military Affairs  
Public Health and Vital Statistics  

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