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Thomas Slater Smith

T.S. Smith
Full Name: Thomas Slater Smith
Birth date: July 7, 1856
Death date: March 15, 1901

Terms of Service

  • House, 24th (1) Legislature
    1/8/1895 - 10/21/1896
    Democrat
    Speaker
  • House, 23rd Legislature
    1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
    Democrat
(1) Thomas S. Smith resigned 10/21/1896. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • Message from Governor Joseph D. Sayers on the death of Attorney General Thomas S. Smith, resolution of condolence, page sacred to the memory of Thomas S. Smith, deceased, late Attorney General, House Concurrent Resolution No. 23, and committee appointed on the part of the House to attend the funeral, 3/15/1901, pp. 741-745. House Journal .
  • 27th Legislature, R.S., HCR 23, Lamenting the death of Attorney General T.S. Smith, and providing for a joint committee to attend the funeral. Resolutions - Memorial .
  • Message from Governor Joseph D. Sayers on the death of Attorney General Thomas S. Smith, consideration of HCR 23 and remarks of Senator Odell, committee appointed on the part of the Senate to attend the funeral, adjournment, and page sacred to the memory of Thomas S. Smith, late Attorney General, House Concurrent Resolution No. 23, 3/15/1901, pp. 422-424. Senate Journal .

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Thomas Slater Smith, Attorney General of Texas (1856-1901), burial in Hillsboro City Cemetery, Hillsboro, Hill County. Find a Grave .
  • SMITH, THOMAS SLATER (1856-1901). Birth date 7/6/1856, death date 3/15/1901. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • "Laid to Rest," "Legislature Adjourned: Out of Respect to the Memory of the Late Attorney General," and obituary, Attorney General Thomas S. Smith, "Smith Succumbs," The Lampasas Leader, 3/22/1901, pp. 2, 3, 8, crediting Lampasas Public Library. Born 7/6/1856 in Cherokee County, Mississippi. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • Biographical sketch, T.S. Smith. Born 7/6/1856 in Cherokee County, Mississippi. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, pp. 492-493, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
  • 33rd Speaker of the House of Representatives: Thomas Slater Smith. Photo and biographical sketch. Birth date 7/7/1856, death date 3/15/1901. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
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