Sam J. Hunter

Samuel Jackson Hunter

Full Name: Samuel Jackson "Sam" Hunter
Date of birth: October 31, 1845
Date of death: January 22, 1937

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 54 Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 33rd   Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant   Denton, Tarrant

Terms of Service top

House District 54
Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915
Legislatures: 33rd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Denton, Tarrant

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch and portrait, Judge Sam J. Hunter, Volume III, pp. 20-29. Born 10/31/1845 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; member of the Legislature in 1913-1914. Includes dissenting opinion of Judge Hunter in the case of Chicago, R. I. & T. Ry. Co. vs. Rosa Langston, 11/29/1898. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition, 1922.

Other Resources

  • Samuel Jackson Hunter, birth date 10/31/1845 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; death date 1/22/1937 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. PBT Brady Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
  • Samuel J. Hunter, birth date 10/31/1845 in Kentucky; death date 1/22/1937 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas; attorney; wife Mrs. Anna E. Hunter. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Samuel Jackson Hunter, birth date 10/31/1845, death date 1/22/1937, photos, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, "S.J. Hunter, 91, Ex-Jurist, Dies," 1/23/1937, p. 1. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  • Sam T. Hunter. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
  • 33rd Legislature (1913) - Sam T. Hunter, postoffice Fort Worth, nativity Kentucky, age 66, lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

33rd R.S. - 1913
Constitutional Amendments  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Reforms in Civil Procedure  
Reforms in Criminal Procedure  
Supreme Judicial Districts  

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