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Henry William Lightfoot Full Name: Henry William Lightfoot Date of birth: December 29, 1846 Date of death: August 27, 1901 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 9 Jan 11, 1881 - Dec 31, 1882 17th (1) (2) (3) (4)   Democrat Paris / Lamar   Delta, Fannin, Lamar (1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1882 due to redistricting. Act passed May 3, 1882, 17th Legislature, C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (4) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 27th Legislature, 1st C.S., 9/3/1901, p. 142. Resolutions - Memorial. 27th Legislature, 1st C.S., 9/3/1901, p. 241. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches LIGHTFOOT, HENRY W. (1846-1901). "He was elected to the state Senate in 1880 and resigned in 1882." Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, Judge Henry William Lightfoot, in "The History of Lamar County: Gaines—Lightfoot—McDonald," 10/3/1937, p. 12. Paris News. Biographical sketch, p. 229. "He was elected to the state Senate in 1880; resigned the position in 1882 to give his undivided attetion to his law practice." Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902. Other Resources Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6. Paris News. Photographs Photograph. H.W. Lightfoot, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. H.W. Lightfoot, Texas Jurists Collection Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 17th R.S. - 1881 Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Federal Relations (Chair)  Judiciary No. 1   Memorial Resolutions   Places of Business and Suitable Buildings for Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Commissioners of Appeals (Co-Chair)  Privileges and Elections   Public Debt   Quarters for State Departments, Select   Retrenchment and Reform   Revision of Rules   Senatorial and Representative Districts, Apportionment   State Affairs   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments

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