Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Arthur C. Tompkins

Full Name: Arthur C. Tompkins
Birth date: November 19, 1855
Death date: May 5, 1904

Terms of Service

House, 26th ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
1/10/1899 - 1/8/1901
Republican
House, 24th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
2/15/1895 - 1/12/1897
Republican
House, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Republican

(1) Republican, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Election contest report, A.C. Tompkins, Contestant, vs. Wm. Joseph, Contestee; Wm. Joseph's letter to the Committee on Privileges and Elections; A.C. Tompkins sworn, 2/15/1895, pp. 310-311. House Journal .
(3) Arthur C. Tompkins, sworn 2/15/1895, unseated William Joseph in election contest the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Republican. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(5) Roster lists William Joseph, House District 41, and notes seat will be contested by Arthur C. Tompkins, Republican. "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(6) Burton of Fort Bend re-elected to the Senate; Dock Lewis of Wharton and A.C. Thompson [Tompkins] of Waller elected to the legislature, all Republicans. "Texas Politics," Weekly Democratic Statesman (Austin, Texas), 11/11/1880, p. 4. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(7) Republican. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. A.C. Tompkins, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.C. Tompkins, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Mentioned in biographical sketch of Henry C. Tompkins, p. 835, Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Census of 1880 - A.C. Tompkins, Waller County, merchant, age 24, born circa 1856 in Alabama. FamilySearch .
A.C. Tompkin [sic], death date 5/5/1904, Waller County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 .
Portrait and biographical sketch, "Candidates for Congress," 9/3/1896, p. 6. Birth date 11/19/1855. "He is a staunch republican. [sic] was nominated by that party and elected a member of the Twenty-fourth legislature by a majority of 824 votes over his democratic opponent." Galveston Daily News .
Obituary, Arthur C. Tompkins, 5/6/1904, p. 2. Death date 5/5/1904 at 2 o'clock a.m. Galveston Daily News .
A.C. Thompson [sic], Waller. 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
Biographical sketch, Volume II, p. 783. Arthur G. [sic] Tompkins of Hempstead, Waller County, member of the state legislature, "three times elected that high office on the Republican ticket." Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs 1910.
"In the spring of 1895, A.C. Tompkins of Hempstead introduced the first woman suffrage resolution in the Texas House." HJR29 discussed in "Angelina County women fought for the right to vote," 2/22/2007. Lufkin Daily News .