Franklin Oliver Fuller

Full Name: Franklin Oliver Fuller
Date of birth: November 2, 1873
Date of death: August 9, 1934

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	11	Jan 9, 1917 - Dec 4, 1918	35th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Coldspring / San Jacinto	Speaker	Polk, San Jacinto
H	11	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917	34th	Democrat	Coldspring / San Jacinto		Polk, San Jacinto
H	11	Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915	33rd	Democrat	Coldspring / San Jacinto		Polk, San Jacinto
H	19	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Coldspring / San Jacinto		Angelina, Polk, San Augustine, San Jacinto
H	19	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Coldspring / San Jacinto		Angelina, Polk, San Augustine, San Jacinto

(1) Fuller resigned 12/4/1918. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture).
(3) COLDSPRING, TEXAS. "Coldspring is at the junction of State Highway 150 and Farm roads 1514, 946, and 2025, sixty-five miles north of Houston in central San Jacinto County . . . in 1850 the [post office] name was changed to Cold Spring, officially respelled Coldspring in 1894." Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) Cold Springs. House Journal.
(5) Cold Spring, San Jacinto County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) Cold Springs. Texas Legislative Manual.

Terms of Service top

House District 11
Jan 9, 1917 - Dec 4, 1918
Legislatures: 35th ⁽¹⁾
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coldspring / San Jacinto
Counties in district: Polk, San Jacinto

House District 11
Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917
Legislatures: 34th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coldspring / San Jacinto
Counties in district: Polk, San Jacinto

House District 11
Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915
Legislatures: 33rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coldspring / San Jacinto
Counties in district: Polk, San Jacinto

House District 19
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coldspring / San Jacinto
Counties in district: Angelina, Polk, San Augustine, San Jacinto

House District 19
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coldspring / San Jacinto
Counties in district: Angelina, Polk, San Augustine, San Jacinto

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 3rd C.S., 9/19/1934, p. 241. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

FULLER, FRANKLIN OLIVER (1873-1934). Death date 8/9/1934. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, F.O. Fuller, Volume 2, p. 2099. The New Encyclopedia of Texas, 1926.
45th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Franklin Oliver Fuller. Photo and biographical sketch. "In 1920 he moved from Coldspring to Houston . . . " Death date 8/7/1934. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch and portrait, F.O. Fuller, pp. 689-691. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918.

Military Service Notes

United States Army, Captain, Army Service Corps, World War I. Franklin Oliver Fuller, residence in Coldspring, San Jacinto County, Texas, birth date 11/2/1873. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).

Other Resources

Franklin Oliver Fuller, birth date 11/2/1873 in Nacogdoches; death date 8/9/1934 in Houston, Harris County; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Franklin Oliver Fuller (1873-1934), burial in Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave.
Obituary and photo, "Ex-Speaker of House at Austin Dies," 8/9/1934, pp. 1, 17. Death date Thursday, 8/9/1934. Houston Chronicle.
Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. F.O. Fuller, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.O. Fuller, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.O. Fuller, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.O. Fuller, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. F.O. Foller, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Franklin Oliver Fuller, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

35th R.S. - 1917 Central Investigating Committee
34th R.S. - 1915 Appropriations Insurance Penitentiaries Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit Penitentiaries Private Corporations (Chair) Reforms in Criminal Procedure
33rd R.S. - 1913 Criminal Jurisprudence Judiciary Liquor Traffic (Chair) Reforms in Civil Procedure Reforms in Criminal Procedure
31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Common Carriers Counties Criminal Jurisprudence Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Judicial Districts Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure Rules
31st R.S. - 1909 Counties Criminal Jurisprudence Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Judicial Districts Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure
30th R.S. - 1907 Banks and Banking Criminal Jurisprudence Federal Relations Forestry (Chair) Private Corporations

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