Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Samuel Swain Hefley

Full Name: Samuel Swain "Sam" Hefley
Birth date: January 15, 1871
Death date: March 14, 1935

Terms of Service

House, 42nd Legislature
1/13/1931 - 1/10/1933
Democrat
House, 41st Legislature
1/8/1929 - 1/13/1931
Democrat
House, 40th Legislature
1/11/1927 - 1/8/1929
Democrat
House, 39th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
9/13/1926 - 1/11/1927
Democrat

(1) Sam Hefley, in special election 9/4/1926, sworn 9/13/1926, succeeded D.S. Hollowell, resigned 12/1/1925. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in subsequent Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

44th Legislature, R.S., 3/15/1935, p. 702. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Sam Hefley, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Sam Hefley, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Sam Hefley, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituaries, "Sam Hefley Is Dead," 3/14/1935, p. 1; "Funeral Services Held Here for Sam S. Hefley," 3/21/1935, pp. 1, 12; and "Texas House Pays Tribute to Hefley," 3/28/1935, p. 4. Samuel Swain Hefley, born 1/25/1871 in Lexington, Tennessee. Cameron Herald .
Samuel Swain Hefley, birth date 1/25/1871 in Lexington, Tennessee; death date 3/14/1935 in Cameron, Milam County, Texas; wife Mrs. Lula Cass Hefley. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/31/1929, p. 5. Houston Post-Dispatch .
Obituary, Hon. Sam Hefley, The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger, 3/21/1935, p. 4, crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library. "He served as mayor of Cameron from 1916 to 1918, after that he was elected as Representative from Milam county to the State Legislature, in which capacity he served for eight years, Emory B. Camp succeeding him." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .