Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Edwin Pinckney Becton

Full Name: Edwin Pinckney Becton
Birth date: June 27, 1834
Death date: January 14, 1901

Terms of Service

House, 12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
2/8/1870 - 5/31/1871

(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal .
(2) William C. Jones, in special election 10/3/1871 - 10/5/1871, sworn 10/31/1871, succeeded Edwin P. Becton, granted leave of absence for remainder of session 4/24/1871, resigned thereafter. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

27th Legislature, R.S., 1/14/1901, p. 46. Resolutions - Memorial .
27th Legislature, R.S., 1/14/1901, p. 83. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Edwin Pinckney Becton, Austin History Center
Photograph. Edwin Pinckney Becton. Photo courtesy of the Texas Medical Association., Donated Material

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Edwin P. Becton, M.D., pp. 68, 71. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
Describes the Edwin Pinckney Becton papers, including speeches and correspondence. Biographical sketch lists death date of 1/14/1901. Confederate Military Manuscripts: Series C: Holdings of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin 2003.
"Dr. E.P. Becton," 1/16/1901, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
BECTON, EDWIN PINCKNEY (1834-1901). Death date 1/14/1901. Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, enlisted in Company I, 19th Texas Infantry; later appointed assistant surgeon for 16th Texas Cavalry Regiment and surgeon for 22nd Texas Infantry Regiment. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, E.P. Becton, M.D., Superintendent State Institution for the Blind, pp. 22-23. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Dr. E.P. Becton, pp. 223-229. Born 6/24/1834 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Types of Successful Men of Texas 1890.
Biographical sketch, E.P. Becton, p. 29. Death date 1/15/1901. Year Book for Texas, 1901 1902.