Frank Templeton
Full Name: James Franklin "Frank" TempletonDate of birth: April 25, 1843
Date of death: April 24, 1907
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 25 | Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 | 17th (1) (2) (3) | Democrat | Jacksonville / Cherokee | Cherokee |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) For the 25th district: "Templeton, greenback democrat and independent labor candidate" received 1242 votes, p. 1, 11/6/1880. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) Templeton, independent greenbacker, was elected to the legislature from this county over Guinn, democratic nominee, p. 1, 11/24/1880. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
Terms of Service
Terms of service notes
(1) For the 25th district: "Templeton, greenback democrat and independent labor candidate" received 1242 votes, p. 1, 11/6/1880. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) Templeton, independent greenbacker, was elected to the legislature from this county over Guinn, democratic nominee, p. 1, 11/24/1880. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩
Biographical Information
- 30th Legislature, 1st C.S., 4/26/1907, pp. 101-102. Resolutions - Memorial.
- Biographical sketch, In Remembrance, James Franklin Templeton and Helena Cecilia Rebecca Dishman Templeton, p. 624. James "represented Cherokee County in the 17th Texas Legislature."
James Franklin Templeton, editor of The Cherokee Advertiser in Rusk with James Stephen Hogg, Newspapers in Cherokee County, p. 43. Frank Templeton, Jacksonville, State Legislators from Cherokee County, 17th Legislature, p. 115. James Franklin Templeton mentioned in James Ewing Dishman Family, p. 241. Cherokee County Historical Commission. Cherokee County History, copyright 1986, second printing 2001, Jacksonville, Texas, crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). - Biographical sketch, James Franklin "Frank" Templeton. TXGenWeb Project.
- Confederate States Army. Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 203-204. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
- Frank Templeton, birth date 4/25/1843, death date 4/24/1907, burial in Jacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee County. Find a Grave.
- Mentioned in HOGG, THOMAS ELISHA (1842-1880). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Obituary and photo, "Hon. Frank Templeton Dead," The Houston Post, 4/25/1907, p. 9. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Photograph. F. Templeton, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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