Terms of Service

• House, 46th Legislature
  1/10/1939 - 1/14/1941
  Democrat
  
• House, 45th Legislature
  1/12/1937 - 1/10/1939
  Democrat
  
• House, 44th Legislature
  1/8/1935 - 1/12/1937
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. E.H. Thornton, Jr., State Preservation Board
• Photograph. E.H. Thornton, Jr., State Preservation Board
• Photograph. E.H. Thornton, Jr., State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Eli Henry Thornton, birth date 2/27/1910. FamilySearch United States Public Records, 1970-2009 .
• Obituary, 7/12/2005. Death date 7/10/2005. Interment at Memorial Oaks Mausoleum, Houston. Houston Chronicle .
• Memorial, October 2005, p. 880. Texas Bar Journal .

Committee Information

• 46th R.S. - 1939
• Appropriations (Chair) 
• Constitutional Amendments  
• House Rules Revision  
• Insurance  
• Public Health  
• 45th R.S. - 1937
• Appropriations  
• Commerce and Manufactures  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• 44th R.S. - 1935
• Arrests of Certain Motor Vehicle Operators, Special  
• Commercial Motor Vehicles Investigation  
• Insurance  
• Judiciary  
• Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections (Vice Chair) 
• Revenue and Taxation