Benjamin Dudley Tarlton
Full Name: Benjamin Dudley "Ben" Tarlton, Sr.Date of birth: October 18, 1849
Date of death: September 22, 1919
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 39 | Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 | 19th (1) | Democrat | Hillsboro / Hill | Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Navarro | |
| H | 56 | Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 | 17th (2) | Democrat | Hillsboro / Hill | Hill |
(1) Member of the Democratic Executive Committee of the State in both 1882 and 1884. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, p. 726, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
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House District 39
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 Legislatures: 19th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Hillsboro / Hill Counties in district: Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Navarro |
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House District 56
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 Legislatures: 17th (2) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Hillsboro / Hill Counties in district: Hill |
(1) Member of the Democratic Executive Committee of the State in both 1882 and 1884. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, p. 726, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
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Resolutions and Journal entries
- Mentioned in memorial resolution for son, Benjamin Dudley Tarlton, Jr., 55th Legislature, R.S., HSR 184. Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- Photo and biographical sketch (Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold). Relatives: Benjamin Dudley Tarlton - grandfather, Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold - granddaughter. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
- TARLTON, BENJAMIN DUDLEY (1849-1919). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Wright Chalfant Morrow, Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1917-1921; Presiding Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1921-1939. Relatives: W.C. Morrow and Benjamin D. Tarlton - brothers-in-law. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004.
- Biographical sketch, B.D. Tarlton, pp. 52-53. Born 10/18/1849 in the Parish of St. Mary, Louisiana. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, B.D. Tarlton, Judge, p. 97. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Biographical sketch, Judge Benjamin Dudley Tarlton. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, pp. 725-726, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Biographical sketch, Judge Ben Dudley Tarlton, Volume II, pp. 206-207. Member of the 17th and 19th Legislatures. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.
Other Resources
- Portrait. Men of Texas: a Collection of Portraits, 1903.
Photographs
- Photograph. B.D. Tarlton, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. B.D. Tarlton, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Photograph. B.D. Tarlton, Texas Jurists Collection
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
- 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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