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Sarah Tilghman Hughes Full Name: Sarah Tilghman Hughes Date of birth: August 2, 1896 Date of death: April 23, 1985 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 50-3 Jan 8, 1935 - Feb 11, 1935 44th (1)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas H 50-3 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (2)   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas H 50-3 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Dallas / Dallas   Dallas (1) Sam C. Hanna, in special election 3/16/1935, sworn 3/19/1935, succeeded Mrs. Sarah T. Hughes, resigned effective 2/11/1935. Clarence T. Jones, appointed 3/18/1935, succeeded Sam C. Hanna as Assistant Reading Clerk. Hanna and Jones sworn 3/19/1935. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (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.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 69th Legislature, R.S., HCR 183. Resolutions - Memorial. 69th Legislature, R.S., SR 343. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Photo and biographical sketch, Sarah Tilghman Hughes, pp. 96-100. When elected in 1930 at age 34, the youngest woman elected to the legislature at that time. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000. HUGHES, SARAH TILGHMAN (1896-1985). Handbook of Texas Online. Biography in LRL collection, 923.2764 H874P 2004. Indomitable Sarah: The Life of Judge Sarah T. Hughes, 2004. Oral history interviews available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas. Memorial, November 1985, p. 1281. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Discussion of Westerfeld's opposition to Sarah T. Hughes' judicial appointment, Westerfeld congressional race in 1936, pp. 77-83, 87, 92-93. LRL collection, 923.2764 H874P 2004. Indomitable Sarah: The Life of Judge Sarah T. Hughes, 2004. Photographs Photograph. Sarah T. Hughes, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Sarah T. Hughes, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Sarah T. Hughes, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 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. 44th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 44th R.S. - 1935 Constitutional Amendments   Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections   Public Lands and Buildings   State Affairs   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions   43rd R.S. - 1933 Federal Relations   Judiciary   Labor   Public Lands and Buildings   42nd R.S. - 1931 Education   Judiciary   Labor   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions

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