Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Benjamin Blufford Sturgeon

Full Name: Benjamin Blufford Sturgeon
Birth date: September 22, 1866
Death date: January 21, 1931

Terms of Service

Senate, 32nd ⁽²⁾ & 31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1909 - 1/14/1913
Democrat

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.
(2) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/10/1911, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(3) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

42nd Legislature, R.S., Simple Resolution 20, 1/23/1931, p. 70. Death date 1/22/1931. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. B.B. Sturgeon, State Preservation Board
Photograph. B.B. Sturgeon, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Portrait and biographical sketch, B.B. Sturgeon, Volume III, pp. 1084-1085. Born September 1860 in Warren County, Kentucky; married Miss Sudie E. Jaggers 12/23/1888 in Independence, Kansas. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Census of 1900 - Ben Sturgeon, Precinct 1, Lamar County, age 40, born September 1859 in Kentucky, lawyer, wife Sadie, sons Grady and John (?).
Census of 1910 - Buford B. Sturgeon, Paris Ward 4, Lamar County, age 49, born circa 1861 in Kentucky, lawyer, wife Sadie E., sons Gradie, John F., and Aron A.
Census of 1920 - Benjamine B. Sturgeon, Paris, Lamar County, age 58, born circa 1862 in Kentucky, lawyer, wife Sada E., sons John F. and Aron.
Census of 1930 - Benjamin B. Sturgeon, Paris, Lamar County, age 67, born circa 1863 in Kentucky, lawyer, wife Sadia E., son Aaron A. FamilySearch . 1930 1910

1900

1920

B.B. Sturgeon, birth date 9/22/1866 in Kentucky; death date 1/21/1931 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
B.B. Sturgeon (1863-1931), burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, with spouse Sudie L. Sturgeon. Find a Grave .
Benjamin Blufford Sturgeon, died 1/21/1931 in Lamar County, Paris, Texas; married Sudie E. Jaggers; served as Lamar County Attorney and District Attorney, then in the legislature, where "he also was the author of the Texas antihorse race gambling bill." "Family Tree - Sturgeon," 12/5/1999, p. 2D. Paris News .
Obituary, "B.B. Sturgeon, Well Known Attorney, Dead," The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 1/22/1931, p. 6, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .