Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Benjamin Franklin Cadenhead

Full Name: Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Cadenhead
Birth date: September 4, 1868
Death date: August 28, 1946

(1) Assumed Democrat based on listing as a Democrat in the 35th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual .

"B.F. Cadenhead Announces for Representative," 5/27/1932, p. 1, mentions election to the House of Representatives in 1916 and provides candidate platform in 1932. Comanche Chief .
Census of 1910 - Benjamin F. Cadenhead, Comanche, Comanche County, Texas, age 40, born circa 1870 in Alabama, farmer, living in household with wife Lemma Cadenhead. FamilySearch .
Benjamin Franklin Cadenhead, birth date 9/4/1868 in Alabama, death date 8/28/1946 in Comanche, Comanche County, Texas, farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Frank (B.F.) Cadenhead, birth date 9/4/1868, death date 8/28/1946, burial in Downing Cemetery, Downing, Comanche County. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "Funeral Rites Held at Downing for B.F. Cadenhead," The Comanche Chief, 9/6/1946, p. 1, crediting Comanche Public Library. Native of Alabama, married Lima Beaty, "Mr. Cadenhead . . . served two terms in the State Legislature from this district." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .