Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	75	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Stephenville / Erath		Erath
H	75	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Selden / Erath		Erath

(1) 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.
(2) Selden. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(3) SELDEN, TEXAS. "Selden, on Farm Road 913 nine miles southeast of Stephenville in southeast Erath County, was named for John M. Selden and the ranch he established in 1855. A church, established in 1881, was called Sims Creek Church. H. Mosely was the first postmaster when the post office was established in 1890. By 1900 the population was ninety-two; it declined to twenty-five by 1910." Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) Selden. House Journal.
(5) Selden, Erath County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) Stephensville [sic]. Texas Legislative Manual.

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Other Resources

Census of 1900 - possibly Thomas J. Robertson, Stephenville, Erath County, age 35, born April 1865 in Arkansas.
Census of 1910 - Thomas J. Roberson, 18 J-pct, Erath County, age 45, born in Arkansas. FamilySearch. 1900 1910
Thomas Julius Roberson (1865-1936), burial in Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, California. Includes obituary from San Antonio Express, 8/19/1936, "former member of the Texas and New Mexico Legislatures." Find a Grave.
Obituary, "Brother [of] Mrs. J.E. Burnett Dies in California Home," 9/4/1936, p. 5. Thomas J. Roberson, "elected State representative, serving Erath county as a member of the Texas legislature from 1906 to 1910." Death date 8/17/1936 in Fresno, California. Stephenville Empire-Tribune.
30th Legislature (1907) - T.J. Roberson, postoffice Stephensville [sic], nativity Arkansas, age 41 (born circa 1866), farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. T.J. Roberson, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. T.J. Roberston, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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.

Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Appropriations Constitutional Amendments Mines and Mining Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Asylums
31st R.S. - 1909 Appropriations Appropriations Subcommittee on the State Penitentiary at Rusk (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Mines and Mining Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Asylums (Chair)
30th R.S. - 1907 Agriculture Liquor Traffic Mines and Mining Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Asylums

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