Arthur C. Tompkins

Full Name: Arthur C. Tompkins
Date of birth: November 19, 1855
Date of death: May 5, 1904

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	41	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901	26th ⁽¹⁾	Republican	Hempstead / Waller	Fort Bend, Waller
H	41	Feb 15, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Republican	Hempstead / Waller	Fort Bend, Waller
H	37	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Republican	Hempstead / Waller	Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton

(1) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual.
(2) Election contest report, A.C. Tompkins, Contestant, vs. Wm. Joseph, Contestee; Wm. Joseph's letter to the Committee on Privileges and Elections; A.C. Tompkins sworn, 2/15/1895, pp. 310-311. House Journal.
(3) Arthur C. Tompkins, sworn 2/15/1895, unseated William Joseph in election contest the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Roster lists William Joseph, House District 41, and notes seat will be contested by Arthur C. Tompkins, Republican. "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(5) Republican, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(6) Republican. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(7) Burton of Fort Bend re-elected to the Senate; Dock Lewis of Wharton and A.C. Thompson [Tompkins] of Waller elected to the legislature, all Republicans. "Texas Politics," Weekly Democratic Statesman (Austin, Texas), 11/11/1880, p. 4. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 41
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901
Legislatures: 26th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Hempstead / Waller
Counties in district: Fort Bend, Waller

House District 41
Feb 15, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Hempstead / Waller
Counties in district: Fort Bend, Waller

House District 37
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Hempstead / Waller
Counties in district: Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Mentioned in biographical sketch of Henry C. Tompkins, p. 835, Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, "Candidates for Congress," 9/3/1896, p. 6. Birth date 11/19/1855. "He is a staunch republican. [sic] was nominated by that party and elected a member of the Twenty-fourth legislature by a majority of 824 votes over his democratic opponent." Galveston Daily News.
Biographical sketch, Volume II, p. 783. Arthur G. [sic] Tompkins of Hempstead, Waller County, member of the state legislature, "three times elected that high office on the Republican ticket." Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs, 1910.

Other Resources

Census of 1880 - A.C. Tompkins, Waller County, merchant, age 24, born circa 1856 in Alabama. FamilySearch.
A.C. Tompkin [sic], death date 5/5/1904, Waller County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1903-2000.
A.C. Thompson [sic], Waller. 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
Obituary, Arthur C. Tompkins, 5/6/1904, p. 2. Death date 5/5/1904 at 2 o'clock a.m. Galveston Daily News.
"In the spring of 1895, A.C. Tompkins of Hempstead introduced the first woman suffrage resolution in the Texas House." HJR29 discussed in "Angelina County women fought for the right to vote," 2/22/2007. Lufkin Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. A.C. Tompkins, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.C. Tompkins, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

26th R.S. - 1899 Internal Improvements Privileges and Elections State Affairs
24th R.S. - 1895 Claims and Accounts Judiciary No. 2 Mining and Minerals Public Buildings and Grounds
17th R.S. - 1881 Federal Relations Judiciary No. 2 Senatorial and Representative Districts

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