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Stephen Marion King

S.M. King
Full Name: Stephen Marion "Steve" King
Birth date: August 30, 1878
Death date: April 24, 1958

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 35th (1) (3) & 34th (2) Legislatures
    1/12/1915 - 5/17/1917
    Democrat
  • House, 30th Legislature
    1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
    Democrat
(1) Vinson A. Collins, in special election 8/17/1917, sworn 9/4/1917, succeeded Steve M. King, resigned after 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Biographical sketch and family lineage, Stephen Marion (S.M.) King, pp. 192-193. Born 8/30/1878 in Caledonia, Rusk County, Texas; married Margaret Lloyd (Maggie) 6/14/1905. Member of Texas House of Representatives, 1908-09; and Texas Senate, 1915-17. Descendants of Caleb Garrison Sr., and His Wife, Sarah Fleming, 1797-1966 1966.
  • Census of 1910 - Steve M. King, Nacogdoches County, age 31, born in Texas, lawyer. FamilySearch .
  • Captain, Spanish-American War. Steve Marion King, birth date 8/30/1878 in Mount Enterprise, Texas; death date 4/24/1958 in Beaumont, Jefferson County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Corporal, Company L, 7th Infantry, enlistment date 3/1/1901, discharge date 11/28/1902. Stephen Marion King, birth date 8/30/1878, death date 4/24/1958. FamilySearch United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 1985.
  • Stephen Marion King, birth date 8/30/1878, death date 4/24/1958, burial in Forrest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Jefferson County. Find a Grave .
  • In 1917 from Beaumont, Jefferson county, 14 dist., age 38, born in Texas, lawyer, Democrat. Died April 1958, according to Houston Press article, 4/24/1958, p. 8. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
  • "Great Ovation Tendered Judge King at Nacogdoches," San Augustine Tribune, 7/18/1918, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
    Obituary, "Rites Set for Steve King," The Orange Leader, 4/25/1958, p. 1, crediting Lamar State College – Orange. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . Great Ovation Obituary
  • 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) .
  • King, Stephen M., of Nacogdoches, Texas Volunteer Guard, Call Number 401-201. Lawyer, born in Rusk County, Texas. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935 .
  • Memorial, June 1958, p. 437. Texas Bar Journal .
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