Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Sarah Tilghman Hughes

Full Name: Sarah Tilghman Hughes
Birth date: August 2, 1896
Death date: April 23, 1985

Terms of Service

House, 44th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/8/1935 - 2/11/1935
Democrat
House, 43rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
Democrat
House, 42nd Legislature
1/13/1931 - 1/10/1933
Democrat

(1) Lawyer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal .
(2) Sam C. Hanna, in special election 3/16/1935, sworn 3/19/1935, succeeded Mrs. Sarah T. Hughes, resigned effective 2/11/1935. Clarence T. Jones, appointed 3/18/1935, succeeded Sam C. Hanna as Assistant Reading Clerk. Hanna and Jones sworn 3/19/1935. 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

69th Legislature, R.S., HCR 183. Resolutions - Memorial .
69th Legislature, R.S., SR 343. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Sarah T. Hughes, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Sarah T. Hughes, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Sarah T. Hughes, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Photo and biographical sketch, Sarah Tilghman Hughes, pp. 96-100. When elected in 1930 at age 34, the youngest woman elected to the legislature at that time. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
HUGHES, SARAH TILGHMAN (1896-1985). Handbook of Texas Online .
Discussion of Westerfeld's opposition to Sarah T. Hughes' judicial appointment, Westerfeld congressional race in 1936, pp. 77-83, 87, 92-93. LRL collection, 923.2764 H874P 2004. Indomitable Sarah: The Life of Judge Sarah T. Hughes 2004.
Biography in LRL collection, 923.2764 H874P 2004. Indomitable Sarah: The Life of Judge Sarah T. Hughes 2004.
Oral history interviews available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas .
Memorial, November 1985, p. 1281. Texas Bar Journal .