Lee Lightfoot Rhodes
Full Name: Lee Lightfoot RhodesDate of birth: March 6, 1864
Date of death: December 18, 1936
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 100 | Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 | 24th (1) (2) (3) (4) | Populist | Providence / Van Zandt | Van Zandt |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Providence post office closed in the 1930s. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(2) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(3) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
(4) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
Terms of Service
Terms of service notes
(1) Providence post office closed in the 1930s. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(2) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. ↩
(3) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
(4) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
Biographical Information
- Van Zandt County - L.L. Rhodes. House Journal.
- 45th Legislature, R.S., 1/26/1937, p. 196. In memory of Lightfoot L. Rhodes. Resolutions - Memorial.
- RHODES, LEE LIGHTFOOT (1864-1936). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Lightfoot Rhodes. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
- Lee Lightfoot Rhodes of Providence, Van Zandt County, pp. 296, 301, 304, 315, 318, 396, 406, and 412. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism, 2020.
- Photograph. Lightfoot L. Rhodes, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- 24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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