Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Samuel H. Goodlett

Full Name: Samuel H. "Sam" Goodlett
Other surnames: Goodlet
Birth date: November 19, 1853
Death date: April 1, 1928

41st Legislature, R.S., 1/18/1929, p. 163. Died "in the spring of 1928, at Austin, Texas," age 75. Resolutions - Memorial .

Obituary, Sam Goodlet, 4/4/1928, p. 2. Goodlet "served two terms in the state legislature from Washington county." Died Sunday morning, 4/1/1928. Austin American .
Census of 1880 - Samuel H. Goodlett, Washington County, age 26, born circa 1854 in Texas, school teacher, living with brother James Goodlett.
Census of 1900 - Sam R. Goodlet, Brenham, Washington County, age 47, born November 1853 in Texas, lawyer.
Census of 1920 - Samuel H. Goodlet, Travis County, age 65, born circa 1855 in Texas. FamilySearch . 1900 1880

S.H. Goodlet, death date 4/1/1928, Austin, Travis County, "abt 70 yrs" of age, burial in Prairie Lea Cemetery. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Samuel H. Goodlett. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Candidate announcement, "For Floater: Mr. Sam H. Goodlett Will Make the Race Subject to the Primaries," Brenham Daily Banner, 5/29/1898, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "He is a native of Texas and Washington county, born near Gay Hill in 1853." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
27th Legislature (1901) - S.H. Goodlett, postoffice Brenham, nativity Texas, age 39, lawyer, 39 years in Texas, lawyer, member of previous legislature: 26th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
Biographical sketch, Samuel H. Goodlett, Brenham, p. 161. Born 11/19/1853 in Gay Hill, Washington County. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.