Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Charles Russell Buchanan

Full Name: Charles Russell Buchanan
Birth date: October 3, 1869
Death date: September 15, 1931

Terms of Service

Senate, 36th ⁽²⁾ & 35th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
1/9/1917 - 1/11/1921
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/9/1919, 1st C.S.

(1) 35th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 7, 1916, oath of office administered, 1/9/1917, pp. 2-3. Senate Journal .
(2) 36th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/14/1919, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

42nd Legislature, 2nd C.S., Simple Resolution 9, 9/16/1931, p. 86. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. C.R. Buchanan, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.R. Buchanan, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1930 - Charles R. Buchanan, Snyder, Scurry County, age 60, born in Virginia, lawyer in general practice, wife Alma. FamilySearch .
C.R. Buchanon, birth date 10/3/1869 in Virginia, death date 9/15/1931 in Lubbock County, Texas, county judge. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Charles Russell Buchanan, birth date 10/3/1869, death date 9/15/1931, burial in Snyder Cemetery, Snyder, Scurry County. Find a Grave .
Obituary and photo, "Funeral Today for Buchanan," 9/17/1931, p. 19. Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," The Houston Post, 3/22/1917, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, C.R. Buchanan, "Prominent Snyder Citizen Dies it [in] Lubbock Hospital," The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Texas), 9/17/1931, p. 1. Scurry County Judge, Texas Senator from 1916-1920. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .