Full Name: Franklin Lewis "Frank" Johnston
Other surnames:
Johnson
Birth date: October 11, 1840
Death date: July 12, 1897
Terms of Service
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Senate,
18th
(3)
(4)
Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
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House,
16th
(2)
(5)
Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Democrat
-
House,
14th
(1)
Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat
(1)
BUENA VISTA, TX (SHELBY COUNTY). "Buena Vista is near the junction of Farm roads 1645 and 2026, twelve miles northwest of Center in northwestern Shelby County. The community was originally called Bucksnort when it began to form in the early 1830s; it was renamed Buena Vista when it received a post office in 1848."
Handbook of Texas Online .
(2)
District 9 - B.M. Baker, District 8 - F.L. Johnston, 1/14/1879, p. 5.
House Journal .
(3)
Buena Vista, Shelby County, Democrat.
Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(4)
18th Legislature, Regular Session - All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office, 1/9/1883, p. 2; resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/10/1883, pp. 5-6; drew term of 2 years.
Senate Journal .
January 9, 1883
January 10, 1883
(5)
Bio states Baker represented Panola and Shelby counties [District 8] and F.L. Johnston represented Rusk, Panola, and Shelby counties [District 9]. Roster lists both Baker and Johnston as representing District 9.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.