Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Thomas Rayford Bolin

Full Name: Thomas Rayford Bolin
Birth date: January 16, 1881
Death date: March 16, 1950

Terms of Service

House, 36th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/14/1919 - 12/4/1919
Democrat
House, 34th Legislature
1/12/1915 - 1/9/1917
Democrat
House, 32nd Legislature
1/10/1911 - 1/14/1913
Democrat

(1) J.H. Vickers, in special election 1/17/1920, sworn 5/20/1920, succeeded T.R. Bolin, resigned 12/4/1919. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. T. R. Bolin, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T. R. Bolin, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T.R. Bolin, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Death notice, "Former Legislator T.R. Bolin Dies," 3/18/1950, p. 17. Thomas Rayford Bolin, "a leader in the fight in Texas for women's suffrage, prohibition legislation, and highway building while representative from Titus County . . . native of Omaha." Abilene Reporter-News .
Thomas Rayford Bolin, birth date 1/16/1881 in Morris County; death date 3/16/1950 in Houston, Harris County; retired; removal to Omaha, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Thomas Rayford Bolin, birth date 1/16/1881, death date 3/16/1950, burial in Loving Cemetery, Morris County. Find a Grave .
Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
Obituary, "Thomas Bolin, 69, Sponsor of Texas Dry Legislation, Dies," 3/17/1950, p. 8. "Mr. Bolin, a member of the legislative body from 1911 to 1919, was a native of Morris County and had been a resident of Houston for 23 years. Shortly before he resigned from the Thirty-Sixth Legislature he served on the seven-man committee which introduced the bill granting women the right to vote. He had been a member of the commission which helped to establish prohibition in 1918." Houston Chronicle .
36th Legislature (1919) - T.R. Bolin, postoffice Omaha, nativity Texas, age 38 (born circa 1881), 38 years in Texas, farmer, member of former legislatures: 32nd-34th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .