Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Isaac Mayfield Standifer

Full Name: Isaac Mayfield "Ike" Standifer
Birth date: June 24, 1859
Death date: May 31, 1918

Terms of Service

House, 32nd Legislature
1/10/1911 - 1/14/1913
Democrat
House, 31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/12/1909 - 1/10/1911
Democrat
House, 28th Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
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) Ike M. Standifer. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. I.M. Standifer, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ike M. Standifer, State Preservation Board
Photograph. I.M. Standifer, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Hon. Isaac M. Standifer, p. 785. Born 6/24/1859 in Monroe County, Mississippi; moved to Texas in 1871. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Isaac M. Standifer, death date 5/31/1918 in Portland, Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. FamilySearch .
Death notice, "Former Texan Dies in Oregon," 6/1/1918, p. 3. Former prominent Texas legislator and politician, practiced law in Denison and Houston before moving to Pacific coast. San Antonio Light .
Isaac M. Standifer (1859-1918), letter from son Ike Mayfield Standifer, Jr. to Jack Standifer of Blakely, Georgia, 2/20/1921; article on Standifer Shipping Company in Portland, Oregon; Texas Ranger information. Standerfer, etc. Research Site 2009.
Standifer, Ike, Texas Volunteer Guard, Call Number 401-213. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935 .