Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	39	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Corsicana / Navarro		Ellis, Hill, Johnson, Navarro
H	44	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Corsicana / Navarro		Navarro

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Frost resigned after Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

FROST, SAMUEL R. (1846-1908). Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Samuel R. Frost, pp. 322-324. Born 3/1/1846 in Huntsville, Montgomery County, married Mary Winkler of Corsicana in January 1872. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Samuel Romulus Frost, "represented Johnson, Hill, Ellis, and Navarro Counties in the 21st Legislature in 1889," including photo. Juda Louisa Bartlett (1818-1861) and Some of Her Descendants, part of the Jesse Bartlett-Frances Callaway Web Site. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
Biographical sketch, p. 264. Born 3/1/1847 in Montgomery County. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, Samuel Romulus Frost of Navarro County, Texas, including funeral notice and historical marker. Navarro County, TXGenWeb Project.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private, Company I, 19th Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Samuel R. Frost, death date 1/1/1908 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, residence in Corsicana. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Samuel R. Frost (1846-1908), burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County. Includes text of historical marker. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in FROST, TEXAS. Handbook of Texas Online.

Photographs

Photograph. S.R. Frost, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

21st R.S. - 1889 Beef Combine ("Kansas committee") Claims and Accounts Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 (Chair) Revenue and Taxation Rules Senate Bill No. 18, 'An Act to require railroad companies in this State to provide separate coaches for white and colored passengers', Special Committee of Five
16th R.S. - 1879 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Offices, Examine Education Finance Insurance and Statistics Judicial Districts, Select Judiciary No. 1 Land Frauds (Co-Chair) New Judiciary Article to the Constitution Penal Code, Select (Chair) Penitentiary Privileges and Elections (Chair) Revised Civil Code, Select Rooms for the Judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Sale of the Public Domain of the State, Select

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