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B.F. Looney Full Name: Benjamin Franklin Looney Date of birth: September 19, 1859 Date of death: May 25, 1951 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 33 Jul 26, 1910 - Jan 10, 1911 31st (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Greenville / Hunt   Hunt S 5 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 12, 1909 30th (4) (5)   29th (6)   Democrat Greenville / Hunt Senate President Pro Tempore (30th)   Collin, Hunt, Rains (1) "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. (2) 31st Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Oath of office administered to B.F. Looney of Hunt county, elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of R.E. Westbrooke; and Leonard Tillotson of Austin county, elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of W.A. Trenckmann, 7/26/1910, pp. 22-23. House Journal. (3) Benjamin F. Looney, sworn 7/26/1910, succeeded Richard E. Westbrook, resigned 12/3/1909. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) 30th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/11/1907, 1st C.S. Senate Journal. (5) 30th Legislature - 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2, listed in "roll of the hold-over Senators." Senate Journal. (6) 29th Legislature - 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2, listed in "roll of the Senators-elect." Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 52nd Legislature, R.S., HSR 256, 5/30/1951, p. 2941. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Memorial, September 1951, p. 566. "Judge Looney was always affiliated with the Democratic party." Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Attended Democratic State Convention in 1906 (Committee on Platforms and Resolutions), State Prohibition Mass Convention in 1910 (Committee on Resolutions), Democratic State Conventions in 1912, 1914, and 1916 (Nominee for Attorney General), pp. 492, 543, 576, 606, and 634. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas, 1916. Portrait. Texas Jurists, 1836 - 1936, 1936. Photographs Photograph. B.F. Looney, Texas Jurists Collection Photograph. B.F. Looney, Texas Jurists Collection Photograph. B.F. Looney, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. B.F. Looney, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. B.F. Looney, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 29th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 30th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Common Carriers   Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Judiciary   Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections   Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure (Chair)  Revenue and Taxation   30th R.S. - 1907 Agricultural Affairs   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2 (Chair)  Public Debts, Claims and Accounts   Public Printing   Rules   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments   29th R.S. - 1905 Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Engrossed Bills   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2   Privileges and Elections (Chair)  Public Land and Land Office   State Affairs   Treasurer and Comptroller's Department

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