Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Richard Saffarans Bowers

Full Name: Richard Saffarans Bowers
Birth date: December 3, 1875
Death date: October 12, 1946

Terms of Service

Senate, 40th ⁽⁵⁾ & 39th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1925 - 1/8/1929
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 6/7/1927.
Senate, 38th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
Democrat

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1924 due to redistricting. Act approved 1921 and effective Apr. 1, 1924, 37th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 60, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 38th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922, oath of office administered, 1/9/1923, p. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) 40th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. R.S. Bowers, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.S. Bowers, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.S. Bowers, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Richard Saffarans Bowers, birth date 12/3/1875 in Gibson County, Tennessee; death date 10/12/1946 in Burleson County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
R.S. Bowers, birth date 12/3/1875, death date 10/12/1946, burial in Masonic Cemetery, Caldwell, Burleson County. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "Former Senator R.S. Bowers, 71, Dies in Caldwell," 10/14/1946, p. 4. Houston Chronicle .
Houston Press, 10/15/1946, p. 18, col. 1. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Obituary, R.S. Bowers, The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger, 10/18/1946, pp. 1, 4, crediting the Harrie P. Woodson Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Memorial, January 1947, p. 41. Texas Bar Journal .
Texas National Guard, Lieutenant. "In the early 1900s he was a lieutenant in the infantry of the Texas National Guard . . ." Memorial, January 1947, p. 41. Texas Bar Journal .