Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Horatio Lorenzo Tate

Full Name: Horatio Lorenzo Tate
Birth date: September 4, 1841
Death date: February 26, 1929

Terms of Service

House, 20th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
Democrat
House, 19th Legislature
1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
Democrat

(1) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

41st Legislature, R.S., 3/1/1929, p. 1271. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. H.L. Tate, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Dr. Horatio L. Tate, Volume IV, p. 2135. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Census of 1870 - Horatio Tate, Garden Valley, Smith County, age 28, born in Georgia circa 1842, physician. FamilySearch .
Dr. H.L. Tate, birth date 9/4/1841 in Georgia, death date 2/26/1929 in Lindale, Smith County, Texas, medical doctor. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Dr. H.L. Tate, birth date 9/4/1841, death date 2/26/1929, burial in Lindale City Cemetery, Lindale, Smith County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, H.L. Tate, pp. 53-54. Born 9/4/1841 in Elbert County, Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Confederate States Army. Private, 3rd Texas Cavalry; and later Company E, Colonel Brown's Regiment of Texas Cavalry. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Horatio Lorenzo Tate, pp. 184-186. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Obituary and photo, "Dr. H.L. Tate, Grand Old Man of Lindale, Died Tuesday, Feb. 26," The Tyler Journal, 3/1/1929, p. 1; "Dr. H.L. Tate – A Character Sketch by Our Editor," 3/8/1929, p. 6, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Character sketch includes Tate's introduction and championing of legislation creating a reformatory for juvenile offenders, the Gatesville Reformatory, or State Training School for Juveniles, HB 21, 20th Legislature [sic, not HB 23]. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . March 1, 1929 March 8, 1929