B. Gordon Forsyth

B. Gordon Forsyth

Full Name: Burnett Gordon Forsyth
Other surnames: Forsythe
Date of birth: August 27, 1898
Date of death: December 2, 1962

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 36-1 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1)   Democrat Corpus Christi / Nueces   Nueces

(1) B. Gordon Forsythe, transportation advertising. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.

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House District 36-1
Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959
Legislatures: 55th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Corpus Christi / Nueces
Counties in district: Nueces

(1) B. Gordon Forsythe, transportation advertising. "55th Texas Legislature: 20 Senators, 62 Representatives of 55th Legislature Are Lawyers; Other Legislators Have Varied Occupations, Jobs," Volume 20, Number 1, January 1957, pp. 6, 7, 48. Texas Bar Journal.

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Other Resources

  • Obituary and photo, "Gordon Forsyth, Ex-Legislator, Is Dead at 64," 12/3/1962, pp. 1, 14. Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
  • Burnett Gordon Forsyth, birth date 8/27/1898 in McKinney; death date 12/2/1962 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County; salesman. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • B. Gordon Forsyth (1898-1962), burial in Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

55th R.S. - 1957
Highways and Roads  
House Committee System  
Local and Uncontested Bills  
Motor Traffic  
Revenue and Taxation  
State Hospitals and Special Schools  

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