B.B. Sturgeon

Benjamin Blufford Sturgeon

Full Name: Benjamin Blufford Sturgeon
Date of birth: September 22, 1866
Date of death: January 21, 1931

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 3 Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 14, 1913 31st (2) (3)   32nd (1)   Democrat Paris / Lamar   Fannin, Lamar

(1) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/10/1911, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(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), 1910.
(3) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 3
Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 31st (2) (3)   32nd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Paris / Lamar
Counties in district: Fannin, Lamar

(1) 32nd Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/10/1911, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(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), 1910.
(3) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 42nd Legislature, R.S., Simple Resolution 20, 1/23/1931, p. 70. Death date 1/22/1931. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

  • Portrait and biographical sketch, B.B. Sturgeon, Volume III, pp. 1084-1085. Born September 1860 in Warren County, Kentucky; married Miss Sudie E. Jaggers 12/23/1888 in Independence, Kansas. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
  • Benjamin Blufford Sturgeon, died 1/21/1931 in Lamar County, Paris, Texas; married Sudie E. Jaggers; served as Lamar County Attorney and District Attorney, then in the legislature, where "he also was the author of the Texas antihorse race gambling bill." "Family Tree - Sturgeon," 12/5/1999, p. 2D. Paris News.

Other Resources

  • Census of 1900 - Ben Sturgeon, Precinct 1, Lamar County, age 40, born September 1859 in Kentucky, lawyer, wife Sadie, sons Grady and John (?).
    Census of 1910 - Buford B. Sturgeon, Paris Ward 4, Lamar County, age 49, born circa 1861 in Kentucky, lawyer, wife Sadie E., sons Gradie, John F., and Aron A.
    Census of 1920 - Benjamine B. Sturgeon, Paris, Lamar County, age 58, born circa 1862 in Kentucky, lawyer, wife Sada E., sons John F. and Aron.
    Census of 1930 - Benjamin B. Sturgeon, Paris, Lamar County, age 67, born circa 1863 in Kentucky, lawyer, wife Sadia E., son Aaron A. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 1930
  • B.B. Sturgeon, birth date 9/22/1866 in Kentucky; death date 1/21/1931 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • B.B. Sturgeon (1863-1931), burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, with spouse Sudie L. Sturgeon. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, "B.B. Sturgeon, Well Known Attorney, Dead," The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 1/22/1931, p. 6, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Committee Information top

32nd R.S. - 1911
Agricultural Affairs  
Constitutional Amendments  
Educational Affairs  
Federal Relations  
Insurance, Statistics and History  
Judiciary No. 2  
Public Debt, Claims and Accounts  
Public Printing  
Senatorial Districts  
State Asylums  
Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments (Chair) 
31st R.S. - 1909
Agricultural Affairs  
Educational Affairs  
Federal Relations (Chair) 
Finance  
H. Bascom Thomas Expulsion, Committee of the Whole Senate  
Insurance, Statistics and History  
Judicial Districts  
Judiciary No. 2  
Public Buildings and Grounds  
Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
Rules  
State Affairs  
Towns and City Corporations  

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