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Benjamin Franklin Dwiggins
Full Name: Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Dwiggins
Date of birth: December 8, 1854
Date of death: December 21, 1919

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 52-3 Jan 14, 1919 - Dec 21, 1919 36th ⁽¹⁾ Democrat Fort Worth / Tarrant Tarrant

(1) George T. Bludworth, in special election 5/15/1920, sworn 5/27/1920, succeeded Ben F. Dwiggins, died 12/21/1919. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

36th Legislature, 3rd C.S., 5/21/1920, p. 45. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

Benjamin Franklin Dwiggins, birth date 12/8/1854 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; death date 12/21/1919 in Tarrant County, Texas; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County. Find a Grave.

36th Legislature (1919) - Ben F. Dwiggins, postoffice Fort Worth, nativity Tennessee, age 63, 30 years in Texas, contractor, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. Ben Dwiggins, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Informationtop

36th R.S. - 1919
Agriculture
Appropriations
Insurance
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions

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