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M.A. Drinkard
Full Name: M. A. Drinkard
Date of birth: 1852
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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60
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Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
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24th
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Populist
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Kosse / Limestone
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Limestone
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(1)
Populist.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2)
Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Resolutions and Journal entries |
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M.A. Drinkard.
House Journal. 24th R.S.
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Biographical sketch, Allen M. Drinkard. Born in Alabama 1837, immigrated to Texas 1857, member of the Farmer's Alliance. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 520-521, crediting the Palestine Public Library.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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M.A. Drinkard, farmer, populist, in Texas 18 years in 1895, born in Alabama around 1852.
Card File.
Possibly Middleton 'Mid' Drinkard listed in Ancestral file, birth date 12/19/1851 in Alabama; death date 4/13/1926 in Brownwood, Texas; son Jeremiah born 9/18/1898 in Limestone County, Texas.
FamilySearch.
Cannot verify member's first name. Obituary for Allen M. Drinkard does not mention legislative service, 7/13/1905. [Sunday was July 9th, not July 10th.]
Groesbeck Journal.
Allen M. Drinkard.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
M.A. Drinkard.
Members of the Texas Legislature, 1846-1962, 1962.
Allen M. Drinkard.
Texas House of Representatives: a Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
Limestone County records, Kirk Cemetery, Kirk, TX, lists Allen M. Drinkard, May 5, 1837 - July 9, 1905.
TXGenWeb Project.
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Photograph.
M.A. Drinkard, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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