Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Emery Polk Hornaday

Full Name: Emery Polk Hornaday
Birth date: December 9, 1888
Death date: August 11, 1981

Terms of Service

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) E. Polk Hornaday, in special election 1/2/1926, sworn 9/13/1926, succeeded Harry L. Faulk, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) "Democrats Name Harlingen Man as House Candidate," 11/30/1925, p. 17. "Polk Hornaday . . . was nominated by the Democratic executive committee of this county as representative . . . " San Antonio Light .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Polk Hornaday, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Polk Hornaday, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

"Resolutions of regret at the death . . . of Mrs. Louise Hornaday of Harlingen, mother of former Rep. Pope [Polk] Hornaday" mentioned in "Under the Dome," 1/20/1931, p. 8. Austin American .
Obituary, Emery Polk Hornaday, "Long-Time Attorney Polk Hornaday Dies," 8/13/1981, p. 2A. Brownsville Herald .
Biographical sketch, Emery Polk Hornaday II. Chronological History of Harlingen .
Emery Polk Hornaday, death date 8/11/1981 in Cameron County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 .
United States Army, Sergeant First Class, World War I. Emery P. Hornaday, born in Clarksville, Texas. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin) .
United States Army, Sergeant First Class, World War I. Military grave marker, E. Polk Hornaday, birth date 12/9/1888, death date 8/11/1981, burial in Mont Meta Memorial Park, San Benito, Cameron County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/20/1929, p. 4. Houston Post-Dispatch .