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Benjamin Josephus Roop

B.J. Roop
Full Name: Benjamin Josephus Roop
Birth date: March 13, 1849
Death date: March 26, 1935

Terms of Service

  • House, 21st (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Legislature
    1/8/1889 - 5/6/1889
    Democrat
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Bell County included in districts 51 and 56, both of which were entitled to one representative, 17th Legislature, 1 C.S., chapter 13, p. 11, (Redistricting bill). General Laws of the State of Texas .
(3) District 51, B.J. Roop and H.L. Lewis. No one listed for District 56. House Journal .
(4) Roop resigned 5/6/1889. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) District 56. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Death notice, B.J. Roop, Temple, "Former Legislator Dies," 3/28/1935, p. 1. Austin American .
  • B.J. Roop, birth date 3/13/1849 in Georgia, death date 3/26/1935 in Temple, Bell County, Texas, retired lawyer-school teacher. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Benjamin J. Roop (1849-1935), burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Temple, Bell County, with spouse Annie M. Roop. Find a Grave .
  • Benjamin J. Roop, Democrat, teacher, age 39 in 1889, born in Georgia. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
  • Portrait and biographical sketch, Benjamin Josephus Roop, pp. 231-234. Born 3/13/1849 in Jackson County, Georgia, married Georgia A. Merrill in 1887 in Heard County, Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
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