Louis Franke
Full Name: Louis Franke
Other surnames: Francke, Frankee
Birth date: June 28, 1818
Death date: February 19, 1873
Other surnames: Francke, Frankee
Birth date: June 28, 1818
Death date: February 19, 1873
Terms of Service
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House,
13th
(1)
Legislature
1/14/1873 - 2/19/1873
Democrat
Biographical Notes and Resources
Resolutions and Journal entries
- Funeral ceremony of Louis Frankee performed in the House of Representative where his body lay in state. Funeral procession started at Capitol and proceeded down Congress Avenue to Pecan Street . . . , pp. 253-254. House Journal .
- 13th Legislature, R.S., House Journal, 2/20/1873, pp. 250-251. Resolutions - Memorial .
- 13th Legislature, R.S., Senate Journal, 2/20/1873, pp. 188-189. Resolutions - Memorial .
- 88th Legislature, R.S., HR 890. Resolutions - Memorial .
Photographs
- Photograph. Louis Frankee, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. Louis Frankee, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Louis and Bernhardine Franke, p. 52. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album Limited Edition 2001.
- Burial in Franke Family Cemetery, O'Quinn, Fayette County. Find a Grave .
- "Telegraphic from Austin. Special to the News. A Most Brutal Murder. Member of Legislature Assassinated," 2/21/1873, p. 2. Description of murder of Louis Frankee who was headed to "land office where the committee on immigration, of which he was chairman, were to meet." After found at the foot of the capitol steps, "In answer to questions who he was, the man replied: 'My name is Louis Frankee; am a member of the house of representatives, and a member of the committee struck me on the head with a stick.'" Galveston Daily News .
- "Bold and Terrible Murder," 2/21/1873, p. 2. Galveston Tri-Weekly Civilian .
- FRANKE, LOUIS (1818-1873). Handbook of Texas Online .
- Biographical sketch, Hon. Louis Franke (deceased), pp. 176, 179. "During a session of the Legislative body, just after Mr. Franke had received his pay and was walking down the steps of the old Capitol building, he was assassinated by some persons unknown, it is supposed for his money." Memorial and Genealogical Record of Southwest Texas: Containing Biographical Histories and Genealogical Records of Many Leading Men and Prominent Families 1894.
- Biography, Ludwig Carl Ferdinand Francke, birth date 6/28/1818. "On October 25, 1847, Louis Francke joined the Texas Ranger Force and took part in campaigns against the Indians and in the Mexican war." Franke, Gertrude, The Inheritance, NorTex Press, 1987, pp. 31-158. The Inheritance 1987.
Committee Information
- 13th R.S. - 1873
- Immigration (Chair)