Blanton was the representative for Texas’s 17th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1931 to 1936.
He was previously the representative for Texas’s 17th congressional district as a Democrat from 1927 to 1931; the representative for Texas’s 17th congressional district as a Democrat from 1925 to 1927; the representative for Texas’s 17th congressional district as a Democrat from 1923 to 1925; the representative for Texas’s 17th congressional district as a Democrat from 1919 to 1923; and the representative for Texas’s 16th congressional district as a Democrat from 1917 to 1919.
Misconduct
Blanton faced an allegation of inserting a document in Congressional Record containing indecent and obscene language on October 22, 1921. On Oct. 24, the House voted to expunge the document from the Congressional Record. On Oct. 27, 1921, he was censured (“resolution of reprimand and censure”), 293-0. On Oct. 28, 1921, apologized.
| Oct. 24, 1921 | House of Representatives voted to expunge the document from the Congressional Record |
| Oct. 27, 1921 | Censured (“resolution of reprimand and censure”), 293-0. |
| Oct. 28, 1921 | Apologized. |
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
