Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Charles Higgens Tennyson

Full Name: Charles Higgens Tennyson
Birth date: August 20, 1902
Death date: December 20, 1968

Terms of Service

House, 45th Legislature
1/12/1937 - 1/10/1939
Democrat
House, 44th Legislature
1/8/1935 - 1/12/1937
Democrat
House, 43rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
Democrat

(1) Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Charles H. Tennyson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Charles H. Tennyson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Charles H. Tennyson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1940 - Charles H. Tennyson, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, age 38, born circa 1902 in Texas, high school teacher, wife Tommy Tennyson. FamilySearch .
Charles Higgens Tennyson, birth date 8/20/1902 in Texas, death date 12/20/1968 in Austin, Travis County, executive secretary, Texas State Teachers Association. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Charles H. Tennyson, birth date 8/20/1902, death date 12/20/1968, spouse Tommie M. Tennyson, burial in Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, Austin, Travis County. Find a Grave .
Obituary and photo, Charles H. Tennyson, "Former Wichitan, Teacher Association Leader, Dies," 12/22/1968, p. 6A. "Tennyson served three terms in the legislature from Wichita County from 1933 to 1939. He was elected to the legislature while a classroom teacher in Wichita Falls." Includes Tennyson's legislation relating to teacher retirement. Wichita Falls Times .