Offa Shivers Lattimore

Full Name: Offa Shivers Lattimore
Date of birth: January 10, 1865
Date of death: October 27, 1937

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
S	30	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 14, 1919	34th ⁽²⁾ 35th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant
S	30	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 12, 1915	33rd ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 32nd ⁽⁵⁾ 33rd ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant	Senate President Pro Tempore (33rd)	Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant

(1) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(2) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(3) 33rd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/14/1913, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(4) 33rd Legislature - Roll Call, holdover Senators elected on 11/8/1910 for a full period of four years, 1/14/1913, pp. 1-3. Senate Journal.
(5) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1911, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 30
Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 34th ⁽²⁾ 35th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant

Senate District 30
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 12, 1915
Legislatures: 33rd ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 32nd ⁽⁵⁾ 33rd ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (33rd)
(33rd)
(33rd)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant

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Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and funeral, "Lattimore Rites Scheduled Today at Baptist Church," 10/28/1937, pp. 1, 2. "Lattimore Paid High Tribute at Funeral Service," 10/29/1937, pp. 1, 5. Austin American.
Obituary and photo, Judge O.S. Lattimore, 10/27/1937, pp. 1, 8. "After two terms as State Senator from 1910 to 1918, he became judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals and was successively re-elected to that bench in 1924, 1930 and 1936."
Funeral, "Justice to Be Buried Today," "Justice Lattimore Is Mourned Here," 10/28/1937, p. 15; "Tribute Paid Late Jurist," 10/29/1937, p. 2. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
LATTIMORE, OFFA SHIVERS (1865-1937). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, O.S. Lattimore, pp. 654-656. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, 1895.
Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," The Houston Post, 3/22/1917, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biography of O.S. and his father, John Lee Lattimore, p. 54. The Terrells: Eighty-Five Years Texas from Indians to Atomic Bomb, 1948.
Memorial, February 1938, p. 39. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Offa S. Lattimore, birth date 1/10/1865 in Alabama; death date 10/27/1937 in Austin, Travis County, Texas; Jurist - Court of Criminal Appeals FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
History of the Elizabeth Patton Crockett monument in Acton, Texas. Legislation establishing the monument introduced by Senators O.S. Lattimore and Pierce Ward. TexasEscapes.com.
Lattimore, Offa Shivers. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Photograph. O.S. Lattimore, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. O.S. Lattimore, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. O.S. Lattimore, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. O.S. Lattimore, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. O.S. Lattimore, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

32nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
33rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
34th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, south wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

35th R.S. - 1917 Central Investigating Committee Civil Jurisprudence Commerce and Manufactures Criminal Jurisprudence Educational Affairs Formulate the Rules of Procedure in the Trial Upon the Articles of Impeachment of Governor James B. Ferguson, Governor. Internal Improvements Labor Nominations of the Governor Rules State Affairs Towns and City Corporations
34th R.S. - 1915 Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Judiciary No. 1 Labor Privileges and Elections Senatorial Districts Stock and Stock Raising Towns and City Corporations Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments
33rd R.S. - 1913 Attorney General's Department, Investigate Commerce and Manufactures Finance Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Labor Meningitis Outbreak, Investigate Privileges and Elections Rules (Chair) Senatorial Districts Towns and City Corporations
32nd R.S. - 1911 Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Insurance, Statistics and History Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Labor Military Affairs Mining and Irrigation Representative Districts Retail Liquor License, Special Stock and Stock Raising Towns and City Corporations Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments

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