Stephen Augustus Venters

Full Name: Stephen Augustus Venters
Date of birth: June 27, 1822
Date of death: March 12, 1881

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	51	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Denton / Denton		Denton
H	22	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th	Democrat	Denton / Denton		Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 51
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Denton

House District 22
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Denton / Denton
Counties in district: Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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Resolutions and Journal entries

17th Legislature, R.S., resolution by Mr. Kendall noting the death of Hon. S.A. Venters of Denton County, 3/14/1881, p. 263. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

VENTERS, STEPHEN AUGUSTUS (1822-1881). Handbook of Texas Online.
S.A. Venters, portrait and biographical sketch, birth date 6/27/1822, death date 3/12/1881, p. 28; elected to Legislature in 1874, pp. 121-122. History and Reminiscences of Denton County, 1918.
Biographical sketch, Stephen Augustus Venters, pp. 265-266. Birth date 6/27/1833 in Pitt County, North Carolina. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Other Resources

Census of 1870 - Stephen A. Venters, Denton County, age 48, born circa 1822 in North Carolina, dry goods merchant, living in household with Mary L. and Jefferson D. Venters.
Census of 1880 - Stephen A. Veters [Venters], Denton County, age 58, born circa 1822 in North Carolina, Representative to Legislature of Tex, wife Mary L., son Jefferson D. FamilySearch. 1870 1880
Judge S.A. Venters, birth date 6/27/1822, death date 3/12/1881, burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Denton, Denton County. Find a Grave.
S.A. Venters, chief justice (county judge), August 1856, p. 64; postmaster at New Alton in 1851, pp. 66-67; and county judge, pp. 76 and 193. History of Denton County, From Its Beginning to 1960, 1978.
Death notice, Hon. S.A. Venters, "Letter from Denton County," The Galveston Daily News, 3/17/1881, p. 4, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. Stephen Venters, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. Stephen Venters, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879 Agriculture and Stock Raising Code of Criminal Procedure, Select Comptroller's and Treasurer's Offices, Examine Contingent Expenses Education Enrolled Bills (Chair) Internal Improvements Public Lands and Land Office
13th R.S. - 1873 Agriculture and Stock Raising Contingent Expenses of 13th Legislature, Examine Accounts Penitentiary State Affairs State Cemetery

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