Oscar Branch Colquitt

Full Name: Oscar Branch Colquitt
Date of birth: December 16, 1861
Date of death: March 8, 1940

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	9	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 10, 1899	24th ⁽²⁾ 25th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Terrell / Kaufman		Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro

(1) 25th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(2) 24th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 9
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 10, 1899
Legislatures: 24th ⁽²⁾ 25th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Terrell / Kaufman
Counties in district: Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro

(1) 25th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(2) 24th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

47th Legislature, R.S., HSR 11, 1/14/1941, pp. 26-27. Resolutions - Memorial.
47th Legislature, R.S., HSR 301, 5/22/1941, pp. 3500-3501. In Memory of Rawlins M. Colquitt. Relatives: O.B. Colquitt - father, Rawlins M. Colquitt - son. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Oscar B. Colquitt, pp. 190-191. Mentions son Rawlins M. Colquitt. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Brief sketch of campaigns and governorship, Hon. Oscar Branch Colquitt, pp. 127-128. Governors Who Have Been, and Other Public Men of Texas, 1921.
COLQUITT, OSCAR BRANCH (1861-1940). Handbook of Texas Online.
Oscar Branch Colquitt, mentioned in "Governors of Texas," Volume 1, p. 205. The New Encyclopedia of Texas, 1926.
Biographical sketch, Oscar B. Colquitt, pp. 50-51. Born 12/16/1861 in Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia, married Alice Murrell 12/9/1885 in Pittsburg, Texas. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Biographical sketch and portrait, O.B. Colquitt, pp. 127-128. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918.

Other Resources

Governor of Texas 1911-1915. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present.
Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas.

Photographs

Photograph. O.B. Colquitt, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. O.B. Colquitt, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

24th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

25th R.S. - 1897 Counties and County Boundaries Education Finance Internal Improvements (Chair) Investigation Relative to Missing Amendment to S.B. No. 258 - Text-book Bill, Special Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 2 Penitentiaries Public Printing State Affairs State Asylums Towns and City Corporations
24th R.S. - 1895 Claims and Accounts Counties and County Boundaries Education Engrossed Bills Enrolled Bills Finance Insurance, Statistics and History Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 Officers and Employes, Special Penal Code and Code Criminal Procedure, Special Penitentiaries Public Printing Roads and Bridges State Affairs State Asylums (Chair) Towns and City Corporations

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