Thomas B. Love

Thomas Bell Love

Full Name: Thomas Bell Love
Date of birth: June 23, 1870
Date of death: September 17, 1948

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 11 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 13, 1931 40th (4) (5)   41st (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Lancaster / Dallas   Dallas
H 37 Jan 8, 1907 - Aug 31, 1907 30th (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)   Democrat Lancaster / Dallas Speaker   Dallas
H 37 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas
H 37 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas

(1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald.
(2) 41st Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) Lancaster. Texas Legislative Manual.
(4) 40th Legislature - Certificate of New Senators and Roll Call of New Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(5) Lancaster. Texas Legislative Manual.
(6) Thomas B. Love of Dallas (re-election). "Names on the Ballot: List of the Candidates Who Filed Applications with Chairman . . . ," 6/5/1906, p. 3. Galveston Daily News.
(7) Dallas. House Journal.
(8) Lancaster, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(9) Thomas B. Love resigned 8/31/1907. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(10) Dallas. Texas Legislative Manual.

Terms of Service top

Senate District 11
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 40th (4) (5)   41st (1) (2) (3)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Lancaster / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas
House District 37
Jan 8, 1907 - Aug 31, 1907
Legislatures: 30th (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)  
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Lancaster / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas
House District 37
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas
House District 37
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
Legislatures: 28th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Dallas / Dallas
Counties in district: Dallas

(1) "Fifteen State Senators Must Seek Re-Election in Summer", 1/3/1930, p. 2. Big Spring Daily Herald.
(2) 41st Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) Lancaster. Texas Legislative Manual.
(4) 40th Legislature - Certificate of New Senators and Roll Call of New Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(5) Lancaster. Texas Legislative Manual.
(6) Thomas B. Love of Dallas (re-election). "Names on the Ballot: List of the Candidates Who Filed Applications with Chairman . . . ," 6/5/1906, p. 3. Galveston Daily News.
(7) Dallas. House Journal.
(8) Lancaster, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(9) Thomas B. Love resigned 8/31/1907. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(10) Dallas. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

  • LOVE, THOMAS BELL (1870-1948). Handbook of Texas Online.
  • 39th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Thomas Bell Love. Photo and biographical sketch. "He served in the 28th through the 30th legislatures, becoming speaker in 1907 in his third term while a resident of Lancaster." Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
  • Memorial, January 1949, p. 46. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

  • Volume III, Chapter XXXIII, "Some East Texas Banking History," by Thomas B. Love, former State Banking Commissioner and former State Senator, pp. 1337-1384. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers, 1940.
  • Portrait and biographical information, pp. 170-172, Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984.
  • Brief vignettes on members of the 30th Legislature, "Kodaks by the Chaplain," The Houston Post, 5/12/1907, p. 6, col. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

  • Photograph. Thomas B. Love, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Thomas B. Love, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Thos. B. Love, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. T.B. Love, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. T.B. Love, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Thomas B. Love, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

41st R.S. - 1929
Civil Jurisprudence  
Educational Affairs  
Federal Relations (Chair) 
Internal Improvements (Chair) 
Military Affairs (Vice Chair) 
Nominations By Governor  
Privileges and Elections  
Public Buildings and Grounds  
Representative Districts  
Senatorial Districts  
State Institutions and Departments  
40th R.S. - 1927
Civil Jurisprudence  
Constitutional Amendments, Investigate Status of  
Educational Affairs  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Internal Improvements (Chair) 
Military Affairs  
Nominations by Governor  
Privileges and Elections  
Public Buildings and Grounds  
Public Printing (Vice Chair) 
State Institutions and Departments  
29th R.S. - 1905
Judiciary  
Municipal Corporations  
Private Corporations (Chair) 
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Revenue and Taxation  
28th R.S. - 1903
Constitutional Amendments  
Federal Relations  
Insurance, Statistics and History  
Internal Improvements  
Judiciary No. 1  
Penitentiaries  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  

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