Terms of Service

• House, 17th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
  Democrat
  

(1) For the 25th district: "Templeton, greenback democrat and independent labor candidate" received 1242 votes, p. 1, 11/6/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Templeton, independent greenbacker, was elected to the legislature from this county over Guinn, democratic nominee, p. 1, 11/24/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 30th Legislature, 1st C.S., 4/26/1907, pp. 101-102. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. F. Templeton, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Other Resources

• Frank Templeton, birth date 4/25/1843, death date 4/24/1907, burial in Jacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee County. Find a Grave .
• Mentioned in HOGG, THOMAS ELISHA (1842-1880). Handbook of Texas Online .
• In Remembrance, James Franklin Templeton and Helena Cecilia Rebecca Dishman Templeton, p. 624. James "represented Cherokee County in the 17th Texas Legislature." Cherokee County Historical Commission. Cherokee County History, 2001, Jacksonville, Texas, crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Confederate States Army. Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 203-204. Texans Who Wore the Gray 1907.
• Biographical sketch, James Franklin "Frank" Templeton. TXGenWeb Project .

Committee Information

• 17th R.S. - 1881
• Federal Relations  
• Penitentiaries  
• Privileges and Elections