Cullen F. Thomas

Cullen Fleming Thomas

Full Name: Cullen Fleming Thomas
Date of birth: June 16, 1868
Date of death: December 8, 1938

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 66 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th   Democrat Waco / McLennan   McLennan

Terms of Service top

House District 66
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waco / McLennan
Counties in district: McLennan

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • THOMAS, CULLEN FLEMING (1868-1938). Birth date 6/18/1868, death date 12/8/1938. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Biographical sketch, Cullen Fleming Thomas, Volume IV, pp. 194-195. "In 1894 he was elected to one term in the Texas Legislature, being its youngest member save one." Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

Other Resources

  • Obituary, "Cullen Thomas Dies: Veteran of Politics," 12/9/1938, pp. 1, 16. Born 6/16/1868 near Rutherford, Tennessee. Former state legislator, McLennan County Attorney, candidate for U.S. Senate (1922), and head of both the Texas Centennial Commission and Federal Centennial Commission. Dallas Morning News.
  • Cullen F. Thomas, birth date 6/16/1868 in Tennessee; death date 12/8/1938 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; attorney at law. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Portrait, mentioned in Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895
Commerce and Manufactures  
Insurance, Statistics, and History  
Judiciary No. 2  
Public Printing  
State Affairs  

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