Orlando Lorenzo Sweet

Full Name: Orlando Lorenzo Sweet
Date of birth: December 13, 1857
Date of death: July 12, 1923

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	101-3	Jan 9, 1923 - Jul 12, 1923	38th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Tarrant
H	52	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Tarrant

(1) Sweet died 7/12/1923. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 101-3
Jan 9, 1923 - Jul 12, 1923
Legislatures: 38th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant

House District 52
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant

(1) Sweet died 7/12/1923. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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Resolutions and Journal entries

39th Legislature, R.S., 1/14/1925, p. 26. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Portrait and biographical sketch, Orlando Lorenzo Sweet, pp. 237, 323. Birth date 12/13/1857, marriage to Miss Sarah Emma Clark 4/2/1889. Texans and Their State: A Newspaper Reference Work, 1918.
Biographical sketch, Orlando L. Sweet, Volume II, pp. 168-169. Native of Pike County, Illinois; born 12/13/1857. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.

Other Resources

O.L. Sweet, birth date 12/13/1857 in Illinois; death date 7/12/1923 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas; retired. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
O.L. Sweet (1857-1923), burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Includes photos of O.L. Sweet and family; and obituary, "O.L. Sweet to Be Buried Saturday," from Fort Worth Star Telegram, 7/13/1923. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. O.L. Sweet, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. O.L. Sweet, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

38th R.S. - 1923 Commerce and Manufactures Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Lands and Buildings State Affairs
37th R.S. - 1921 Commerce and Manufactures Congressional Districts Education Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Lands and Buildings State Affairs

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