Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Edward Tarkington

Full Name: Edward "Ed" Tarkington
Birth date: October 3, 1839
Death date: July 9, 1915

Terms of Service

House, 28th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Populist
House, 26th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislature
1/10/1899 - 1/8/1901
Populist

(1) Williamsburg. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) "State Politics; Legislative Candidates," 5/8/1902, p. 3. Article on race for Representative from Lavaca County. "Ed Tarkington, elected as a Populist in 1898, and defeated by Searcy at the general election in 1900, is also a candidate." Galveston Daily News .
(3) Hallettsville, Lavaca County. "Members of the Twenty-Eighth Legislature, House of Representatives," 11/9/1902, p. 24. Galveston Daily News .
(4) WILLIAMSBURG, TEXAS. "The tiny settlement of Williamsburg is located off U. S. highway 77 and about four miles south of Hallettsville in central Lavaca County . . . By 1910, however, the post office closed, and the community suffered a decline." Handbook of Texas Online .
(5) Hallettsville, Lavaca County. House Journal .
(6) Lavaca County. House Journal .
(7) Hallettsville, Lavaca County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(8) Williamsburg, Lavaca County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(9) Williamsburg, Populist. Texas Legislative Manual .
(10) Williamsburg, Populist. Texas Legislative Manual .
(11) Hallettsville. Year Book for Texas, Volume II 1903.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. E.D. Tarkington, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.D. Tarkington, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, 2nd Texas Cavalry, enlisted 4/19/1861. Edward Tarkington, marriage to Margaret Tarkington 3/10/1887 in Lavaca County, death date 7/9/1915 in Lavaca County. Pension File No. 32283, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
"Texas News Condensed," 7/23/1915. Report of death of E. Tarkington at his home in Hallettsville, ex-Confederate soldier representing that county for two terms in the Legislature, age 76 at death. Brookshire Times (Brookshire, Waller County, Texas) .
Census of 1900 - Edward Tarkington, Hallettsville, Lavaca County, age 61, born October 1839 in North Carolina, spouse Margret, farmer. FamilySearch .
Edward Tarkington, birth date 10/3/1839 in North Carolina, death date 7/9/1915, burial in Mossy Grove Cemetery, Ezzell, Lavaca County. Find a Grave .
TARKINGTON, EDWARD (1839-1915). Handbook of Texas Online .