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Arthur Howard King Full Name: Arthur Howard King Date of birth: September 9, 1868 Date of death: September 26, 1955 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 113 Jan 12, 1943 - Jan 9, 1945 48th   Democrat Throckmorton / Throckmorton   Baylor, Haskell, Throckmorton H 113 Jan 14, 1941 - Jan 12, 1943 47th   Democrat Throckmorton / Throckmorton   Baylor, Haskell, Throckmorton H 113 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Throckmorton / Throckmorton   Baylor, Haskell, Throckmorton H 113 Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929 40th   Democrat Throckmorton / Throckmorton   Baylor, Haskell, Throckmorton H 113 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th (1)   Democrat Throckmorton / Throckmorton   Baylor, Haskell, Throckmorton H 102 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat Throckmorton / Throckmorton   Baylor, Haskell, Throckmorton H 102 Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921 36th   Democrat Throckmorton / Throckmorton   Baylor, Haskell, Throckmorton H 102 Feb 26, 1918 - Jan 14, 1919 35th (2) (3)   Democrat Throckmorton / Throckmorton   Baylor, Haskell, Throckmorton (1) R.H. King. Texas Legislative Manual. (2) Arthur H. King, in special election 2/15/1918, sworn 2/26/1918, succeeded Bruce W. Bryant, resigned after 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (3) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in subsequent sessions. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 55th Legislature, R.S., HSR 126. Resolutions - Memorial. Military Service Notes Spanish-American War and World War I. 55th Legislature, R.S., HSR 126. Resolutions - Memorial. Other Resources Obituary, "Ex-Legislator King Dies," 9/27/1955, p. 3-A. Abilene Reporter-News. Arthur Howard King, state legislator, death date 9/26/1955. Ancestry.com. Judge Arthur Howard King, birth date 9/9/1868, death date 9/26/1955, "served in the Texas State Legislature from Throckmorton County," interment in Throckmorton Cemetery, Throckmorton County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. Arthur King, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Arthur King, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Arthur King, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Arthur King, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Arthur King, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Arthur King, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Arthur King, 47th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Arthur King, 48th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 47th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 48th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 48th R.S. - 1943 Appropriations   Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts   Livestock and Stock Raising (Chair)  Penitentiaries   School Districts   47th R.S. - 1941 Live Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair)  Penitentiaries   State Affairs   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions   41st R.S. - 1929 Appropriations   Constitutional Amendments   Highways and Motor Traffic   Penitentiaries (Chair)  Prison Centralization Commission (Vice Chair)  Public Lands and Buildings   State Affairs   40th R.S. - 1927 Judicial Districts (Chair)  Lobbying Activities, Investigation   Penitentiaries   Public Lands and Buildings   State Affairs   39th R.S. - 1925 Appropriations   Live Stock and Stock Raising   Penitentiaries (Chair)  Penitentiary Investigating Committee   State Affairs   Voting Irregularities, Investigate   37th R.S. - 1921 Appropriations   Constitutional Amendments   Labor   Oil, Gas and Mining   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions (Chair)  36th R.S. - 1919 Appropriations   Oil, Gas, and Mining   Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Vice Chair)  Stock and Stock Raising   35th R.S. - 1917 Education   Insurance   Judiciary (Chair)  Private Corporations   Reforms in Civil Procedure   Rules

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