Franklin Oliver Fuller
Full Name: Franklin Oliver FullerDate of birth: November 2, 1873
Date of death: August 9, 1934
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 11 | Jan 9, 1917 - Dec 4, 1918 | 35th (1) | Democrat | Coldspring / San Jacinto | Speaker | Polk, San Jacinto |
| H | 11 | Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 | 34th | Democrat | Coldspring / San Jacinto | Polk, San Jacinto | |
| H | 11 | Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915 | 33rd | Democrat | Coldspring / San Jacinto | Polk, San Jacinto | |
| H | 19 | Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911 | 31st (2) | Democrat | Coldspring / San Jacinto | Angelina, Polk, San Augustine, San Jacinto | |
| H | 19 | Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 | 30th (3) (4) (5) (6) | Democrat | Coldspring / San Jacinto | Angelina, Polk, San Augustine, San Jacinto |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Fuller resigned 12/4/1918. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(2) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture). ↩
(3) COLDSPRING, TEXAS. "Coldspring is at the junction of State Highway 150 and Farm roads 1514, 946, and 2025, sixty-five miles north of Houston in central San Jacinto County . . . in 1850 the [post office] name was changed to Cold Spring, officially respelled Coldspring in 1894." Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(4) Cold Springs. House Journal. ↩
(5) Cold Spring, San Jacinto County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(6) Cold Springs. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 34th
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Coldspring / San Jacinto
- Counties in district:
- Polk, San Jacinto
- Legislatures:
- 33rd
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Coldspring / San Jacinto
- Counties in district:
- Polk, San Jacinto
- Legislatures:
- 31st (2)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Coldspring / San Jacinto
- Counties in district:
- Angelina, Polk, San Augustine, San Jacinto
Terms of service notes
(1) Fuller resigned 12/4/1918. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(2) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture). ↩
(3) COLDSPRING, TEXAS. "Coldspring is at the junction of State Highway 150 and Farm roads 1514, 946, and 2025, sixty-five miles north of Houston in central San Jacinto County . . . in 1850 the [post office] name was changed to Cold Spring, officially respelled Coldspring in 1894." Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(4) Cold Springs. House Journal. ↩
(5) Cold Spring, San Jacinto County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(6) Cold Springs. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩
Biographical Information
- 43rd Legislature, 3rd C.S., 9/19/1934, p. 241. Resolutions - Memorial.
- FULLER, FRANKLIN OLIVER (1873-1934). Death date 8/9/1934. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, F.O. Fuller, Volume 2, p. 2099. The New Encyclopedia of Texas, 1926.
- 45th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Franklin Oliver Fuller. Photo and biographical sketch. "In 1920 he moved from Coldspring to Houston . . . " Death date 8/7/1934. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, F.O. Fuller, pp. 689-691. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918.
- United States Army, Captain, Army Service Corps, World War I. Franklin Oliver Fuller, residence in Coldspring, San Jacinto County, Texas, birth date 11/2/1873. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
- Franklin Oliver Fuller, birth date 11/2/1873 in Nacogdoches; death date 8/9/1934 in Houston, Harris County; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
- Franklin Oliver Fuller (1873-1934), burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave.
- Obituary and photo, "Ex-Speaker of House at Austin Dies," 8/9/1934, pp. 1, 17. Death date Thursday, 8/9/1934. Houston Chronicle.
- Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News. Selected newspaper articles
- Photograph. F.O. Fuller, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. F.O. Fuller, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. F.O. Fuller, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. F.O. Fuller, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. F.O. Foller, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Franklin Oliver Fuller, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
- 30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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