Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert Lynn Batts

Full Name: Robert Lynn Batts
Birth date: November 1, 1864
Death date: May 19, 1935

Terms of Service

House, 22nd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. R.L. Batts, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Robert Lynn Batts, Volume IV, p. 1605. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Obituary and photo, Judge Robert Lynn Batts, "Heart Trouble Claims Life of Judge R.L. Batts," "Batts' Last Public Service for U.T.," 5/20/1935, pp. 1, 2.
"Many Honor Judge Batts at Funeral Service at Home," 5/21/1935, pp. 1, 2. Notes proclamation of condolence issued by Governor James V Allred at the death of Judge Batts. Editorial, "Passing of a Most Worthy Citizen Leader of Texas," 5/21/1935, p. 4. Austin American .
Photo and biographical sketch, pp. 87, 89. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service 2005.
Judge Robert Lynn Batts, birth date 11/1/1864 in Bastrop; death date 5/19/1935 in Austin, Travis County; attorney at law. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Robert Lynn Batts, birth date 11/1/1864 in Bastrop, death date 5/19/1935, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, with wife Harriet Fiquet Boak. Find a Grave .
"Old Methodist Bell at Bastrop: Address of Hon. R.L. Batts," 2/19/1928, pp. 10-14. Pace's Texas Scrap Book: Containing Gems of Thought From Bench - Bar - Pulpit - Rostrum on Religious, Political and Educational Subjects, Consisting of Sermons, Prayers, Poems, Funeral Orations and Extracts From Various Sources 1933.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Robert L. Batts, pp. 246-247. Born 11/1/1864 in Bastrop, Texas, married Harriett F. Boak 11/12/1889 in Austin. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
State volunteer guard, captain of Sayers Rifles. "The Sayers Rifles having become disorganized, the company called upon him to assume charge as captain, and he successfully lead them at the State encampment at Galveston, in 1889, and San Antonio, in 1890." Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Robert Lynn Batts, birth date 11/1/1864, death date 5/19/1935, Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries .
Obituary, "R.L. Batts Dies Suddenly at Austin Sunday Afternoon," Bastrop Advertiser, 5/23/1935, p. 1, crediting Bastrop Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Robert Lynn Batts, Volume V, p. 250. Texas Under Many Flags 1930.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Robert Lynn Batts, pp. 433-434. Born 11/1/1864 in Bastrop, Texas, graduated from the University of Texas in 1886. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive 1918.