Avery Lenoir Matlock

Full Name: Avery Lenoir Matlock
Date of birth: April 23, 1852
Date of death: July 13, 1933

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	19	Jan 9, 1883 - Sep 24, 1884	18th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Montague / Montague		Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Montague, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Young, Greer
H	52	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Montague / Montague		Clay, Montague, Wise

(1) Matlock resigned 9/24/1884. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

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Senate District 19
Jan 9, 1883 - Sep 24, 1884
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Montague / Montague
Counties in district: Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Montague, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Yoakum, Young, Greer

House District 52
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Montague / Montague
Counties in district: Clay, Montague, Wise

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Biographical Sketches

MATLOCK, AVERY L. (1852-1933). Birth date 4/22/1852, death date 7/14/1933. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait, A.L. Matlock, pp. 709-710. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
Biographical sketch, pp. 242-243. Birth date 4/23/1852. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Other Resources

Avery L. Matlock, birth date 4/23/1852 in Blunt County, Tennessee; death date 7/13/1933 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; attorney, Judge Corporation Court. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Avery Lenoir Matlock (1852-1933), burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, with spouse Alice Hyatt Matlock. Find a Grave.
Obituary, Judge Avery L. Matlock, "Judge Matlock Is Buried Here," 7/16/1933, p. 3. Former member of state legislature and manager of the XIT Ranch. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Obituary and photo, Judge A.L. Matlock, "Services Set for Matlock," 7/14/1933, p. 11-A. San Antonio Light.

Photographs

Photograph. A.L. Matlock, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.L. Matlock, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

18th R.S. - 1883 Constitutional Amendments Engrossed Bills Frontier Protection Judiciary No. 2 Privileges and Elections Public Health Public Lands (Chair) Rules Stock and Stockraising
17th R.S. - 1881 County Governments and County Finances Indian Affairs Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) Senatorial and Representative Districts Senatorial and Representative Districts, Apportionment

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