Louis Franke
Full Name: Louis FrankeOther surnames: Francke, Frankee
Date of birth: June 28, 1818
Date of death: February 19, 1873
Terms of Service top
Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | 26 | Jan 14, 1873 - Feb 19, 1873 | 13th (1) | Democrat | Ledbetter / Fayette | Bastrop, Fayette |
(1) Frankee was murdered and robbed in front of the Capitol 2/19/1873. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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House District 26
Jan 14, 1873 - Feb 19, 1873 Legislatures: 13th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Ledbetter / Fayette Counties in district: Bastrop, Fayette |
(1) Frankee was murdered and robbed in front of the Capitol 2/19/1873. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- Funeral ceremony of Louis Frankee performed in the House of Representative where his body lay in state. Funeral procession started at Capitol and proceeded down Congress Avenue to Pecan Street . . . , pp. 253-254. House Journal.
- 88th Legislature, R.S., HR 890. Resolutions - Memorial.
- 13th Legislature, R.S., House Journal, 2/20/1873, pp. 250-251. Resolutions - Memorial.
- 13th Legislature, R.S., Senate Journal, 2/20/1873, pp. 188-189. Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Louis and Bernhardine Franke, p. 52. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album Limited Edition, 2001.
- FRANKE, LOUIS (1818-1873). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, Hon. Louis Franke (deceased), pp. 176, 179. "During a session of the Legislative body, just after Mr. Franke had received his pay and was walking down the steps of the old Capitol building, he was assassinated by some persons unknown, it is supposed for his money." Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families, 1894.
Other Resources
- Burial in Franke Family Cemetery, O'Quinn, Fayette County. Find a Grave.
- "Telegraphic from Austin. Special to the News. A Most Brutal Murder. Member of Legislature Assassinated," 2/21/1873, p. 2. Description of murder of Louis Frankee who was headed to "land office where the committee on immigration, of which he was chairman, were to meet." After found at the foot of the capitol steps, "In answer to questions who he was, the man replied: 'My name is Louis Frankee; am a member of the house of representatives, and a member of the committee struck me on the head with a stick.'" Galveston Daily News.
- "Bold and Terrible Murder," 2/21/1873, p. 2. Galveston Tri-Weekly Civilian.
- Biography, Ludwig Carl Ferdinand Francke, birth date 6/28/1818. "On October 25, 1847, Louis Francke joined the Texas Ranger Force and took part in campaigns against the Indians and in the Mexican war." Franke, Gertrude, The Inheritance, NorTex Press, 1987, pp. 31-158. The Inheritance, 1987.
Photographs
- Photograph. Louis Frankee, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. Louis Frankee, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.
Committee Information top
13th R.S. - 1873
Agriculture and Stock Raising Immigration (Chair) Public Lands and Land Office Redistricting |
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