Louis Mountville Lankford
Full Name: Louis Mountville LankfordDate of birth: March 29, 1878
Date of death: November 19, 1940
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 42 | Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 | 45th | Democrat | Commerce / Hunt | Hunt, Rains |
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House District 42
Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 Legislatures: 45th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Commerce / Hunt Counties in district: Hunt, Rains |
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 47th Legislature, R.S., HSR 57, 1/20/1941, p. 136. Resolutions - Memorial.
Military Service Notes
- Lankford, Louis M. Co. L, 40 Reg't, USV. Inf. Philippine Insurrection.
Lankford, Louis M. Service: L 40 U.S. Vol. Inf. FamilySearch. United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office - 40th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, Private, Commerce, Texas. Louis Mountville Lankford, birth date 3/29/1878, enlistment date 10/5/1899, discharge date 10/27/1899. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, 1985.
- 40th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, Private. Military grave marker and application for headstone, Louis M. Lankford, death date 11/19/1940, burial in Stewart Cemetery, Hunt County. Includes obituary from Greenville Evening Banner, 11/21/1940. Find a Grave.
- Spanish-American War. 47th Legislature, R.S., HSR 57, 1/20/1941, p. 136. Resolutions - Memorial.
Other Resources
- Louis M. Lankford, birth date March 1878, death date 11/19/1940, son of Elijah Lankford and Margaret Carter, "Texas State Senator from Hunts and Rains County, Texas." Genealogy.com, 2004.
- Louis M. Lankford, death date 11/19/1940 in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Vital Records Index, 2016.
- Death notice, "Lankford Is Buried: Former Legislator Who Died in Oklahoma Goes to Grave," 11/23/1940, p. 9. Waco News-Tribune.
Photographs
- Photograph. Louis Lankford, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
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45th R.S. - 1937
Constitutional Amendments Education Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Printing (Vice Chair) |
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