Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Brooke Furrh

Full Name: James Brooke Furrh
Birth date: April 21, 1885
Death date: September 14, 1969

Terms of Service

House, 34th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/12/1915 - 1/9/1917
Democrat
House, 33rd Legislature
1/14/1913 - 1/12/1915
Democrat

(1) Elysian Fields. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Elysian Fields. House Journal .
(3) Elysian Fields, Harrison County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Marshall. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.B. Furrh, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.B. Furrh, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Volume IV, p. 381-382. "For the past twenty-two years James Brooke Furrh has been a well-known figure in the Elysian Fields banking field . . . " East Texas: Its History and Its Makers 1940.
James Brooke Furrh, birth date 4/21/1885, death date 9/14/1969, interment in Elysian Fields Cemetery, Elysian Fields, Harrison County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
Mentioned in: Nicola, Carson. On the Labor Front: Uncovering Dallas's Union Legislators 1890-1920. Texas Christian University, May 8, 2023. Texas Christian University .