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R.S. Bowers

Richard Saffarans Bowers

Full Name: Richard Saffarans Bowers
Date of birth: December 3, 1875
Date of death: October 12, 1946

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 14 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 8, 1929 40th (1) (2)   39th (3) (4)   Democrat Caldwell / Burleson Senate President Pro Tempore (40th)   Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Lee, Robertson, Washington
S 19 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th (5) (6)   Democrat Caldwell / Burleson   Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington

Terms of service footnotes


(1) 40th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 6/7/1927. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 40th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
(4) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal. ↩
(5) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1924 due to redistricting. Act approved 1921 and effective Apr. 1, 1924, 37th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 60, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. ↩
(6) 38th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922, oath of office administered, 1/9/1923, p. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
40th (1) (2)   39th (3) (4)  
Leadership role:
Senate President Pro Tempore (40th)
(39th)
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Caldwell / Burleson
Counties in district:
Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Lee, Robertson, Washington

Legislatures:
38th (5) (6)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Caldwell / Burleson
Counties in district:
Bastrop, Burleson, Lee, Washington

Terms of service notes


(1) 40th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim 1st C.S., elected 6/7/1927. Senate Journal. ↩
(2) 40th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/11/1927, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal. ↩
(4) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal. ↩
(5) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1924 due to redistricting. Act approved 1921 and effective Apr. 1, 1924, 37th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 60, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. ↩
(6) 38th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922, oath of office administered, 1/9/1923, p. 1-2. Senate Journal. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Memorial, January 1947, p. 41. Texas Bar Journal.
  • Biographical sketch, Richard S. Bowers, Volume III, p. 246. Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

  • Texas National Guard, Lieutenant. "In the early 1900s he was a lieutenant in the infantry of the Texas National Guard . . ." Memorial, January 1947, p. 41. Texas Bar Journal.

  • Richard Saffarans Bowers, birth date 12/3/1875 in Gibson County, Tennessee; death date 10/12/1946 in Burleson County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • R.S. Bowers, birth date 12/3/1875, death date 10/12/1946, burial in Masonic Cemetery, Caldwell, Burleson County. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, "Former Senator R.S. Bowers, 71, Dies in Caldwell," 10/14/1946, p. 4. Houston Chronicle.
  • Houston Press, 10/15/1946, p. 18, col. 1. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
  • Obituary, R.S. Bowers, The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger, 10/18/1946, pp. 1, 4, crediting the Harrie P. Woodson Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

  • Photograph. R.S. Bowers, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. R.S. Bowers, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. R.S. Bowers, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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