Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Eli Brown Barrett

Full Name: Eli Brown "Cap" Barrett
Birth date: August 9, 1889
Death date: April 14, 1975

Terms of Service

House, 43rd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/10/1933 - 1/8/1935
Democrat
House, 38th Legislature
1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
Democrat
House, 37th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
Democrat

(1) Trenton, Fannin County. House Journal .
(2) 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 .
(3) Trenton, Fannin County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Leonard. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

64th Legislature, R.S., SR 736. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. E.B. Barrett, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.B. Barrett, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.B. Barrett, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, "Eli Barrett Services Are Held Tuesday," 4/15/1975, p. 2. Born 8/9/1899 [sic] in Trenton; died 4/14/1975. "Mr. Barrett served two terms in the Texas Legislature as representative from Fannin county in the early 1920s . . . " Bonham Daily Favorite .
Eli Brown Barrett, birth date 8/9/1889, age 27, home address in Leonard, Texas, farming, draft registration 6/5/1917 in Fannin County, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 .
E.B. (Cap) Barrett, birth date 8/9/1889, death date 4/14/1975, burial in Burns Cemetery, Trenton, Fannin County. Find a Grave .
Mentioned in biographical sketch of his grandfather, George Clinton Barrett, pp. 104-105. Bonham Public Library. Fannin County Folks & Facts, 1977, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Sarah Brown Hipp Barrett, mother of Eli Brown Barrett, was the niece of Emory Rains, pp. 104-105. Relatives: Emory Rains - great-uncle; Eli Brown Barrett - great-nephew. Bonham Public Library. Fannin County Folks & Facts, 1977, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .