Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Rufus Lee Templeton

Full Name: Rufus Lee Templeton
Birth date: August 28, 1883
Death date: March 14, 1927

Terms of Service

House, 35th Legislature
1/9/1917 - 1/14/1919
Democrat
House, 34th Legislature
1/12/1915 - 1/9/1917
Democrat
House, 33rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/14/1913 - 1/12/1915
Democrat

(1) Collingsworth County, p. 2; Collingsworth, p. 6. House Journal .
(2) Wellington, Collingsworth County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

40th Legislature, R.S., 3/15/1927, p. 1520. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. R.L. Templeton, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.L. Templeton, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.L. Templeton, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Portrait and biographical sketch, Hon. Rufus Lee Templeton, Volume V, pp. 2297-2298. A History of Texas and Texans 1916.
R.L. Templeton, born circa 1885 in Lincoln County, Tennessee; death date 3/14/1927 in Wellington, Collinsworth County, Texas; age 42 at death; Judge; burial in Wellington. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
R.L. Templeton, birth date 8/28/1883, death date 3/14/1927, burial in South Fairview Cemetery, Wellington, Collingsworth County. Includes reprint of obituary from Wellington Leader, 3/17/1927. Find a Grave .
Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
Relatives: Rufus Lee Templeton - uncle; R.L. Templeton - nephew. Photos and biographical sketches of R.L. Templeton (Representative in the 50th Legislature) and R.L. (Rufus Lee, Representative in 33rd-35th Legislatures) and Cleo Templeton, Collingsworth County History Book Committee, Collingsworth County 1890-1984, p. 307, crediting Collingsworth County Museum. "The parents of R.L. [1920-2000] were Robert H. and Lutie Gresham Templeton." Robert H. Templeton was the brother of Rufus Lee Templeton [1883-1927]. See also, biographical sketch of Robert H. and Lutie Templeton, pp. 306-307. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
33rd Legislature (1913) - R.L. Templeton, postoffice Wellington, nativity Tennessee, age 29 (born circa 1884), lawyer, Democrat Texas Legislative Manual .
Mary Francis Templeton Walker, family papers, 1891-1970, daughter of State Representative Rufus Lee Templeton of Wellington, Texas, and the niece of former State Senator Clint Charles Small of Amarillo. Texas Tech University Libraries .