Terms of Service

• House, 35th Legislature
  1/9/1917 - 1/14/1919
  Democrat
  
• House, 34th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  2/9/1915 - 1/9/1917
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. R.F. Cates, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. R.F. Cates, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• R. Frank Cates, birth date 10/4/1869, death date 12/15/1954, burial in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Liberty Hill, Williamson County, with spouse Ida White Cates. Find a Grave .
• Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
• R.F. Cates, editor and publisher, born in Texas, age 48 (in 1917), died 12/14/1954. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
• Obituary, "Death Claims Frank Cates Early Tuesday," The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Texas), 12/17/1954, p. 1, crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett. Editor of The Bartlett Tribune for 30 years; "served four years in the House of Representatives and was the author of the Publications Act which made journalistic history at that time." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Biographical sketch and photo, Richard Franklin Cates, "Who's Who in Texas and Why," Austin American, 5/12/1917, p. 8. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• 34th Legislature (1915) - R.F. Cates, postoffice Bartlett, age 46, editor, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .

Committee Information

• 35th R.S. - 1917
• Congressional Districts  
• Private Corporations  
• Public Debt  
• Public Printing (Vice Chair) 
• Revenue and Taxation  
• 34th R.S. - 1915
• Education  
• Public Printing  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries