Terms of Service

• House, 48th Legislature
  1/12/1943 - 1/9/1945
  Democrat
  
• House, 47th Legislature
  1/14/1941 - 1/12/1943
  Democrat
  
• House, 41st Legislature
  1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
  Democrat
  
• House, 40th Legislature
  1/11/1927 - 1/8/1929
  Democrat
  
• House, 39th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/13/1925 - 1/11/1927
  Democrat
  
• House, 37th Legislature
  1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
  Democrat
  
• House, 36th Legislature
  1/14/1919 - 1/11/1921
  Democrat
  
• House, 35th ^{(1) (3)} Legislature
  2/26/1918 - 1/14/1919
  Democrat
  

(1) Arthur H. King, in special election 2/15/1918, sworn 2/26/1918, succeeded Bruce W. Bryant, resigned after 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) R.H. King. Texas Legislative Manual .
(3) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in subsequent sessions. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 55th Legislature, R.S., HSR 126. Resolutions - Memorial .
• Spanish-American War and World War I. 55th Legislature, R.S., HSR 126. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. A.H. King, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A.H. King, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A.H. King, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A.H. King, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A.H. King, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A.H. King, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A.H. King, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A.H. King, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Obituary, "Ex-Legislator King Dies," 9/27/1955, p. 3-A. Abilene Reporter-News .
• Arthur Howard King, state legislator, death date 9/26/1955. Ancestry.com .
• Arthur Howard King (1868-1955), burial in Throckmorton Cemetery, Throckmorton County. Includes biographical note, "served in the Texas State Legislature from Throckmorton County." Find a Grave .
• Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/30/1929, p. 20. Houston Post-Dispatch .

Committee Information

• 48th R.S. - 1943
• Appropriations  
• Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts  
• Livestock and Stock Raising (Chair) 
• Penitentiaries  
• School Districts  
• 47th R.S. - 1941
• Live Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair) 
• Penitentiaries  
• State Affairs  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  
• 41st R.S. - 1929
• Appropriations  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Highways and Motor Traffic  
• Penitentiaries (Chair) 
• Prison Centralization Commission (Vice Chair) 
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• State Affairs  
• 40th R.S. - 1927
• Judicial Districts (Chair) 
• Lobbying Activities, Investigation  
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Lands and Buildings  
• State Affairs  
• 39th R.S. - 1925
• Appropriations  
• Live Stock and Stock Raising  
• Penitentiaries (Chair) 
• Penitentiary Investigating Committee  
• State Affairs  
• Voting Irregularities, Investigate  
• 37th R.S. - 1921
• Appropriations  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Labor  
• Oil, Gas and Mining  
• State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions (Chair) 
• 36th R.S. - 1919
• Appropriations  
• Oil, Gas, and Mining  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Vice Chair) 
• Stock and Stock Raising  
• 35th R.S. - 1917
• Education  
• Insurance  
• Judiciary (Chair) 
• Private Corporations  
• Reforms in Civil Procedure  
• Rules