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Ben Ramsey
Full Name: Benjamin Turner "Ben" Ramsey
Date of birth: December 28, 1903
Date of death: March 27, 1985
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
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Counties in District |
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3
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Jan 9, 1945 - Jan 11, 1949
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50th
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49th
50th
(1)
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Democrat
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San Augustine / San Augustine
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Senate President Pro Tempore (50th)
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Angelina, Cherokee, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
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3
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Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 9, 1945
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47th
48th
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Democrat
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San Augustine / San Augustine
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Angelina, Cherokee, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
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11
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Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
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43rd
(2)
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Democrat
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San Augustine / San Augustine
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Sabine, San Augustine
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11
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Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
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42nd
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Democrat
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San Augustine / San Augustine
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Sabine, San Augustine
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(1)
50th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/14/1947.
Senate Journal.
(2)
Name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, relationship to persons in state or county government. Resolution, 9/18/1933, pp. 45-48, and Questionnaire Authorized and Directed by Resolution Adopted by the House, 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601.
House Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
56th Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 48.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
57th Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 16.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
65th Legislature, R.S., SR 123.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
65th Legislature, R.S., SR 127 and SR 123. Ben Ramsey's retirement from Railroad Commission of Texas and providing for bust of Ben Ramsey, 2/7/1977.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
67th Legislature, R.S., SCR 7.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
69th Legislature, R.S., HCR 140.
Resolutions - Memorial.
69th Legislature, R.S., memorial invocation, address by President of the Senate, SR 386, 5/8/1985, pp. 936-939.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
RAMSEY, BEN (1903-1985).
Handbook of Texas Online.
34th Lieutenant Governor: Ben Ramsey. Photo and biographical sketch.
Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Memorial, October 1985, p. 1163.
Texas Bar Journal.
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Other Resources |
Benjamin Turner "Ben" Ramsey, birth date 12/28/1903, death date 3/27/1985, interment in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County.
Find a Grave.
Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service.
Railroad Commission of Texas.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Ben Ramsey, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
Photograph.
Ben Ramsey, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Ben Ramsey, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Ben Ramsey, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Ben Ramsey, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Ben Ramsey, 49th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Ben Ramsey, 50th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
47th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
48th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
49th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
50th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
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