Terms of Service

• House, 35th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/9/1917 - 4/4/1918
  Democrat
  
• House, 34th Legislature
  1/12/1915 - 1/9/1917
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 44th Legislature, R.S., 2/19/1935, p. 406. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. French R. Spencer, Texas Jurists Collection
• Photograph. R.F. Spenser, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. R.F. Spencer, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Richard French Spencer, birth date 6/29/1884 in Burkesville, Kentucky; death date 2/17/1935 in Bexar County, Texas; lawyer. 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 .
• Biography of Spencer family, pp. 55-56. The Terrells: Eighty-Five Years Texas from Indians to Atomic Bomb 1948.

Committee Information

• 35th R.S. - 1917
• Banks and Banking  
• Central Investigating Committee  
• Congressional Districts  
• Labor  
• Liquor Traffic  
• Prepare Articles of Impeachment Against Governor James E. Ferguson  
• Reforms in Civil Procedure  
• Reforms in Criminal Procedure (Chair) 
• Select an Attorney to Represent the House during the Investigation of Impeachment Charges Against Governor James E. Ferguson.  
• 34th R.S. - 1915
• Common Carriers  
• Judiciary  
• Mines and Mining  
• Penitentiaries  
• Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit Prison Farms  
• Reforms in Criminal Procedure (Chair) 
• Senatorial Districts