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Ira Monroe Bennett
Full Name: Ira Monroe Bennett
Birth date: March 17, 1857
Death date: October 18, 1941
Terms of Service
House, 26th
(2)
Legislature
1/10/1899 - 1/8/1901
Populist
House, 25th
(1)
(3)
Legislature
1/12/1897 - 2/4/1897
Populist
(1) Alexander Franklin Brigance, sworn 2/4/1897, unseated I.M. Bennett in election contest the same day.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004
2005.
(2) Populist.
Texas Legislative Manual
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(3) Mentioned as Populist in biographical sketch of A.F. Brigance.
Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature
1897.
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
Photograph.
I.M. Bennett,
State Preservation Board
Other Resources
Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data.
Early History of Grimes County
1930.
Early History of Grimes County
BENNETT, IRA MONROE (1857-1941).
Handbook of Texas Online
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Committee Information
26th R.S. - 1899
County Government and County Finances
State Affairs
25th R.S. - 1897
Claims and Accounts
Counties and County Boundaries
Public Lands and Land Office
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