Thomas Bell Love

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

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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.

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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

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

40th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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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