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W.W. Glass

Webster Winifred Glass

Full Name: Webster Winifred Glass
Date of birth: November 4, 1903
Date of death: November 29, 1994

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 17 Jan 10, 1961 - Jan 8, 1963 57th   Democrat Jacksonville / Cherokee   Cherokee
H 17 Jan 13, 1959 - Jan 10, 1961 56th   Democrat Jacksonville / Cherokee   Cherokee
H 17 Jan 8, 1957 - Jan 13, 1959 55th (1)   Democrat Jacksonville / Cherokee   Cherokee
H 17 Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957 54th   Democrat Jacksonville / Cherokee   Cherokee
H 17 Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 53rd   Democrat Jacksonville / Cherokee   Cherokee
H 31 Jan 8, 1935 - Jan 12, 1937 44th   Democrat Jacksonville / Cherokee   Cherokee
H 31 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (2)   Democrat Jacksonville / Cherokee   Cherokee

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Stockman. "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.
(2) Teaching. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
57th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Jacksonville / Cherokee
Counties in district:
Cherokee

Legislatures:
56th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Jacksonville / Cherokee
Counties in district:
Cherokee

Legislatures:
55th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Jacksonville / Cherokee
Counties in district:
Cherokee

Legislatures:
54th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Jacksonville / Cherokee
Counties in district:
Cherokee

Legislatures:
53rd  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Jacksonville / Cherokee
Counties in district:
Cherokee

Legislatures:
44th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Jacksonville / Cherokee
Counties in district:
Cherokee

Legislatures:
43rd (2)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Jacksonville / Cherokee
Counties in district:
Cherokee

Terms of service notes


(1) Stockman. "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.
(2) Teaching. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information

  • Former Rep. Webster W. Glass of Jacksonville mentioned in "Payroll for Ex-Lawmakers Now Over $10,000 Month," 3/29/1970, p. 10-A. Abilene Reporter-News.
  • Webster W. Glass, death date 11/29/1994 in Cherokee County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998.
  • W.W. Glass, birth date 11/4/1903, death date 11/29/1994, burial in Union Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee County. Includes obituary from Tyler Morning Telegraph, 12/1/1994. Find a Grave.
  • Obituary, Webster W. Glass, Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Texas), 12/8/1994, p. 4, crediting Singletary Memorial Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • W.W. Glass included in "teachers who followed E.S. Jones as head of the Dialville School," Dialville, p. 50. W.W. Glass, Jacksonville, State Legislators from Cherokee County, 43rd-44th and 53rd-57th Legislatures, p. 116. Cherokee County Historical Commission (Tex.). Cherokee County History, copyright 1986, second printing 2001, crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Obituary, "Webster W. Glass Services Thursday," 12/1/1994, p. 8. Veteran of World War II. Tyler Morning Telegraph.
  • Selected newspaper articles

  • Photograph. W.W. Glass, 57th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.W. Glass, 56th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.W. Glass, 56th Legislature, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
  • Photograph. W.W. Glass, 55th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.W. Glass, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.W. Glass, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.W. Glass, 44th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.W. Glass, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

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