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

Other Resources

• R.F. Cates, editor and publisher, born in Texas, age 48 (in 1917), died 12/14/1954. Card File .
• Richard Franklin "Frank" Cates, birth date 10/4/1869, death date 12/14/1954, interment in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Liberty Hill, Williamson County. Find a Grave .
• Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
• 33rd Legislature (1913) - 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