Edwin Pinckney Becton

Full Name: Edwin Pinckney Becton
Date of birth: June 27, 1834
Date of death: January 14, 1901

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	10	Feb 8, 1870 - May 31, 1871	12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Tarrant / Hopkins		Hopkins, Hunt, Wood

(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal.
(2) William C. Jones, in special election 10/3/1871 - 10/5/1871, sworn 10/31/1871, succeeded Edwin P. Becton, granted leave of absence for remainder of session 4/24/1871, resigned thereafter. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

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House District 10
Feb 8, 1870 - May 31, 1871
Legislatures: 12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Tarrant / Hopkins
Counties in district: Hopkins, Hunt, Wood

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Resolutions and Journal entries

27th Legislature, R.S., 1/14/1901, p. 46. Resolutions - Memorial.
27th Legislature, R.S., 1/14/1901, p. 83. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Edwin P. Becton, M.D., pp. 68, 71. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Describes the Edwin Pinckney Becton papers, including speeches and correspondence. Biographical sketch lists death date of 1/14/1901. Confederate Military Manuscripts: Series C: Holdings of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, 2003.
BECTON, EDWIN PINCKNEY (1834-1901). Death date 1/14/1901. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, E.P. Becton, M.D., pp. 212-216. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
Biographical sketch, E.P. Becton, M.D., Superintendent State Institution for the Blind, pp. 22-23. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Dr. E.P. Becton, pp. 223-229. Born 6/24/1834 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Types of Successful Men of Texas, 1890.
Biographical sketch, E.P. Becton, p. 29. Death date 1/15/1901. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, enlisted in Company I, 19th Texas Infantry; later appointed assistant surgeon for 16th Texas Cavalry Regiment and surgeon for 22nd Texas Infantry Regiment. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

"Dr. E.P. Becton," 1/16/1901, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. Edwin Pinckney Becton, 12th Legislature, Austin History Center
Photograph. Edwin Pinckney Becton. Photo courtesy of the Texas Medical Association., Donated Material

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Democratic Members of the House of Representatives, 12th Legislature, April 18, 1871 (Austin History Center). Austin History Center.

Committee Information top

12th R.S. - 1871 Comtproller's and Treasurer's Offices Education Internal Improvements
12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Education Internal Improvement Visit Lunatic Asylum, Select
12th Provisional - 1870 Fourteenth and Fifteenth U.S. Constitutional Amendments, Passage of

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