Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Edwin Yantis

Full Name: James Edwin Yantis
Birth date: April 3, 1864
Death date: December 1, 1918

Terms of Service

Senate, 26th ⁽²⁾ & 25th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1897 - 1/8/1901
Democrat

(1) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(2) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. James E. Yantis, Texas Jurists Collection
Photograph. J.E. Yantis, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.E. Yantis, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - Jas. E. Yantis, McLennan County, age 37, born April 1863 in Kentucky, lawyer, spouse Lillie. FamilySearch .
J.E. Yantis, birth date 4/3/1864 in Columbus, Kentucky; death date 12/1/1918 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
YANTIS, JAMES E. (1856-1918). Birth date 4/13/1856. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch and portrait, James E. Yantis, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1915-1918. Birth date 4/13/1856. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2004.
Biographical sketch and portrait, James Edwin Yantis, Davis, Ellis Arthur & Grobe, Edwin H. The Encyclopedia of Texas, [1921..1922], p. 456. Born 4/3/1864 in Columbus, Kentucky, son of J.E. and Martha Hill Yantis. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, J.E. Yantis, p. 60. Born 4/3/1865 in Columbus, Kentucky. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
Obituary, "Judge J.E. Yantis Is Dead at Waco," 12/2/1918, p. 1. "In 1896 he was elected State Senator from the Eleventh District, serving four years, after which he retired." The Daily Courier-Gazette (McKinney, Texas) .