Isaac Looney

Full Name: Isaac "Ike" Looney
Date of birth: April 10, 1854
Date of death: October 2, 1923

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
H	64	Jan 9, 1923 - Oct 2, 1923	38th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Ben Arnold / Milam		Milam
H	65	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Ben Arnold / Milam		Milam

(1) Looney died 10/2/1923. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Isaac Looney. Texas Legislative Manual.
(3) Ike Looney. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 64
Jan 9, 1923 - Oct 2, 1923
Legislatures: 38th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Ben Arnold / Milam
Counties in district: Milam

House District 65
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Ben Arnold / Milam
Counties in district: Milam

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Resolutions and Journal entries

39th Legislature, R.S., 1/14/1925, p. 26. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Ike Looney, birth date 4/10/1854, death date 10/2/1923, biographical sketch, burial in Ben Arnold Cemetery, Ben Arnold, Milam County. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

Census of 1880 - Isaac Looney, Maysfield, Milam County, born circa 1854 in Alabama, age 26, farmer. FamilySearch.
Isaac Looney, birth date 4/10/1854 in Alabama, death date 10/2/1923 in Ben Arnold, Milam County, Texas, occupation: representative of Milam County, farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Obituary, "Col. Ike Looney Dies at Home in Ben Arnold," The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger, 10/4/1923, p. 1, crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
38th Legislature (1923) - Isaac Looney, postoffice Ben Arnold, nativity Alabama, age 68 in 1923 (born circa 1855), farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
Isaac Looney (1854- ) in "Milam County, Texas: bibliography archive/manuscript material," Dictation from Isaac Looney: Cameron, Milam County, 1888. Milam County, TXGenWeb Project.

Photographs

Photograph. Ike Looney, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ike Looney, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

38th R.S. - 1923 Constitutional Amendments Game and Fisheries Liquor Traffic Public Health Revenue and Taxation
37th R.S. - 1921 Agriculture Commerce and Manufactures Federal Relations Game and Fisheries Revenue and Taxation

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