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B.F. Looney
Full Name: Benjamin Franklin Looney
Date of birth: September 19, 1859
Date of death: May 25, 1951
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
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Counties in District |
H
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33
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Jul 26, 1910 - Jan 10, 1911
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31st
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(2)
(3)
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Democrat
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Greenville / Hunt
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Hunt
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S
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5
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Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 12, 1909
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30th
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(5)
29th
(6)
30th
(4)
(5)
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Democrat
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Greenville / Hunt
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Senate President Pro Tempore (30th)
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Collin, Hunt, Rains
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(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.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
52nd Legislature, R.S., HSR 256, 5/30/1951, p. 2941.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
Memorial, September 1951, p. 566. "Judge Looney was always affiliated with the Democratic party."
Texas Bar Journal.
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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.
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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
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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.
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