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Robert Enoch Yantis
Full Name: Robert Enoch Yantis
Date of birth: July 22, 1848
Date of death: April 13, 1929
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
H
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28
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Jan 14, 1919 - Aug 16, 1919
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36th
(1)
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Democrat
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Athens / Henderson
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Henderson, Smith
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H
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28
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Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
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35th
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Democrat
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Athens / Henderson
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Henderson, Smith
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H
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29
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Jul 28, 1910 - Jan 10, 1911
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31st
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(3)
(4)
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Democrat
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Athens / Henderson
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Henderson
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(1)
Lloyd T. Smith, in special election 11/4/1919, sworn 5/27/1920, succeeded Robert E. Yantis, resigned 8/16/1919.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2)
Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 35th-36th Legislatures.
Texas Legislative Manual.
(3)
"Forecast of 32d Legislature: List of Democratic Nominees for Senate and House of Representatives: Elected for the Vacancies: Fifteen New Members of the Thirty-first are Chosen, Three of Them Senators," 8/6/1910, p. 11.
Galveston Daily News.
(4)
Robert E. Yantis, sworn 7/28/1910, succeeded John A. Mobley, resigned 12/22/1909.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
41st Legislature, 1st C.S., 4/29/1929, p. 43.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Other Resources |
Robert Enoch Yantis, birth date July 1848, death date 4/13/1929, obituary from Athens Review 4/18/1929, interment in Athens Cemetery, Athens, Henderson County.
Find a Grave.
"Two New Members: R.E. Yantis of Henderson and Daniel Watson of Hays Assumed Duties During Morning Session," 7/29/1910, p. 2. Includes information from speeches made by both new members.
Galveston Daily News.
Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938.
TXGenWeb Project.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Robert E. Yantis, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Robert E. Yantis, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Robert E. Yantis, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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