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Benjamin Franklin Cathey Full Name: Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Cathey, Jr. Date of birth: September 9, 1870 Date of death: April 13, 1952 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 34 Jan 12, 1937 - Jan 10, 1939 45th   Democrat Quitman / Wood   Wood H 34 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Quitman / Wood   Wood H 11 Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913 32nd   Democrat Quitman / Wood   Wood H 11 Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911 31st (2)   Democrat Quitman / Wood   Wood (1) 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. (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), 1910.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Benjamin Franklin Cathey, Jr., birth date 9/9/1870, death date 4/13/1952, interment in Quitman Cemetery, Quitman, Wood County. Find a Grave. Occupational and biographical information - 45th Legislature, Chapter 1, "The Big Job," pp. 1-17. The Legislature and the Texas People, 1937. Death notice, "Funeral Tuesday for Ex-Legislator," 4/14/1952, p. 1. Ben F. Cathey, age 81, former state representative and Wood county judge, death date 4/13/1952. Pampa Daily News. 32nd Legislature (1911) - B.F. Cathey, postoffice Quitman, nativity Arkansas, age 40 in 1911 (born circa 1871), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. Ben Cathey, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Ben Cathey, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Ben Cathey, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Ben Cathey, 45th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 43rd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 45th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, west wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 45th R.S. - 1937 Common Carriers   Criminal Jurisprudence   Federal Relations   Highways and Motor Traffic   Nepotism in State Government, Special (Chair)  Office Space for State Departments, Special (Chair)  Public Printing (Chair)  43rd R.S. - 1933 Anti-Nepotism, Special (Chair)  Claims and Accounts   Common Carriers   Liquor Traffic   Public Health   32nd R.S. - 1911 Civil and Criminal Procedure   Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Public Debt   31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Federal Relations (Chair)  Liquor Traffic   Military Affairs   Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections   Public Debt   31st R.S. - 1909 Federal Relations   Military Affairs   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Public Debt

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