Terms of Service

• House, 38th Legislature
  1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
  Democrat
  
• House, 37th Legislature
  1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Robt. B. Thrasher, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. R.B. Thrasher, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Obituary, Robert Benjamin Thrasher, 9/17/1985, p. B4. Austin American-Statesman .
• "Robert B. Thrasher Believed to Be Safe for Seat in House," 2/8/1920, p. 2. Austin Statesman .
• United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, World War I. Description of Army service in France, subsequent promotions to 1st Lieutenant and Captain. Biographical sketch, "Robt. B. Thrasher Candidate for a Legislative Seat," 2/5/1920, p. 3. Student in the "law department at the State University." Austin Statesman .
• United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division, World War I. French Croix de Guerre with bronze star. Robert B. Thrasher, event date 3/9/1918. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin) .
• Robert Benjamin Thrasher, birth date 12/16/1892 in Garfield, residence in Austin. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 .
• Robert Benjamin Thrasher, birth date 12/16/1892, death date 9/15/1985, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, with spouse Dorothy Hill Thrasher. Find a Grave .
• 38th Legislature (1923) - Robert B. Thrasher, postoffice Austin, nativity Texas, age 30 (born circa 1893), lawyer, member of former legislatures: 37th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .

Committee Information

• 38th R.S. - 1923
• Appropriations  
• Liquor Traffic (Chair) 
• Municipal and Private Corporations  
• 37th R.S. - 1921
• Appropriations  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Enrolled Bills (Vice Chair) 
• Federal Relations  
• Public Lands and Buildings