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 .
(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.
• BENNETT, IRA MONROE (1857-1941). Handbook of Texas Online .

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