Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	28	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th	Democrat	San Marcos / Hays		Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

HOLLINGSWORTH, ORLANDO NEWTON (1836-?). Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain R.H. Cumby's Company B, 3rd Texas Cavalry, later appointed adjutant of 3rd Texas Cavalry. Biographical sketch, p. 134. Birth date 4/5/1836. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.

Other Resources

Orlando Hollingsworth, birth 1836, death 1919, son of Benjamin Benton Hollingsworth and Joicey Jones, marriage to Ruth Grace Katherine Platner 1865, residence in San Marcos, Hays County 1870. Census of 1870, Katelyn Hollan Kennerly Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
Ruth Grace Katherine Hollingsworth, birth date 9/18/1847, death date 12/7/1922, widow. FamilySearch.
Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.

Photographs

Photograph. Orlando Hollingsworth, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
Photograph. Orlando Hollingsworth, 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 Collection..

Committee Information top

13th R.S. - 1873
Comptroller's and Treasurer's Offices, Examine
Education
Judiciary No. 1
Penitentiary
Privileges and Elections
Redistricting
State Penitentiary, Select (Chair)

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