Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Emory C. Smith

Full Name: Emory C. Smith
Birth date: February 26, 1846
Death date: December 8, 1912

Terms of Service

Senate, 30th ⁽¹⁾ & 29th ⁽²⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1905 - 1/12/1909
Democrat
House, 28th Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
Senate, 24th ⁽³⁾ & 23rd ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1893 - 1/12/1897
Democrat

(1) 30th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(2) 29th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) 24th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal . January 10, 1893
January 11, 1893

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. E.C. Smith, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.C. Smith, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.C. Smith, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Emory Smith, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Emory Smith, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

"The late Senator Emory Smith of this city put thru the first depository law, modeled after the Missouri law." 4/8/1919, p. 2. Denton Record-Chronicle .
Census of 1880 - Emory Smith, Denton County, born circa 1847 in Alabama, lawyer, spouse Letitia.
Census of 1900 - Emory C. Smith, Denton, Denton County, born February 1846 in Alabama, lawyer, spouse Letitia. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
Emory C. Smith, birth date 2/26/1846 in Chambers County, Alabama, death date 12/8/1912 in Denton, Denton County, Texas, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Emory C. Smith, birth date 2/26/1846, death date 12/8/1912, burial in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Denton, with spouse Hama L. 'Letitia' Smith. Find a Grave .
Mentioned in "University of North Texas"; President John J. Crumley and "state Senator Emory C. Smith of Denton secured the right for the college to confer state teaching certificates." Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned on p. 161 (teaching) and p. 189 (mayor of Denton in 1889); legislation re. State Normal School at Denton as State Senator, pp. 221-223, and service on committee for State Industrial School for Girls, pp. 261-262. History of Denton County, From Its Beginning to 1960 1978.
E.C. Smith mentioned, pp. 197, 213, 231, 267, 271, 356, 360. Bates, Ed. F., History and Reminiscences of Denton County, 1976. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
30th Legislature (1907) - Emory C. Smith, postoffice Denton, Denton County, nativity Alabama, lawyer, Democrat, age 60 (born circa 1847), 36 years in Texas, served in former sessions: 23rd, 24th, 29th Senate, 28th House. Texas Legislative Manual .