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William H. Holland Full Name: William H. Holland Date of birth: 1849 Date of death: May 27, 1907 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 37 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 15th (1)   Republican Wharton / Wharton   Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton (1) Representative apportionment - Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. "Thirty-seventh District - The counties of Wharton, Fort Bend and Waller shall elect two representatives; Waller to be the returning county." University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 79th Legislature, R.S., HR 589, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates of 1868-1900. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 81st Legislature, R.S., HCR 81, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. 85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. Biographical Sketches William H. Holland (1849-1907), birth year 1849 on grave marker, biographical sketch, interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County. Find a Grave. Biographical sketch, William H. (W.H.) Holland, born Marshall, Texas, ca. 1841 or 1849, died Mineral Wells, Texas, 5/27/1907. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas, 2002. HOLLAND, BIRD (?-1864). Bird Holland, brother of Spearman Holland, "probably the father of three sons by a slave." Relatives: Bird Holland - father, William H. Holland - son; Spearman Holland - uncle, William H. Holland - nephew. Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, Chapter VI, "Black Belt Politics," p. 109. The Negro in Texas, 1874-1900, 1971. Photo, biographical sketch, and descendants, pp. 73-74. Born in 1849. Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants: a History of the Negro in Texas Politics from Reconstruction to Disfranchisement, 1935. Biography and portrait, pp. 98-[99]. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. Biographical sketch, pp. 103-104. Republican; "He lives at the town of Wharton, in Wharton county." Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Biographical sketch, pp. 57-59, born in 1849, "probably the son of Capt. Boyd [Bird] Holland or J.K. Holland." Birth year 1841, death year 1907, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016. Biographical sketches of Spearman, Bird, James Kemp, & William H. Holland. Relatives: Spearman & Bird Holland - brothers; Spearman Holland - father, James Kemp Holland - son; Bird Holland - uncle, James Kemp Holland - nephew. Rusk County, TXGenWeb Project. Other Resources Mentioned pp. 147-154. From Slave to Statesman, 1993. Biographical information, p. 41. History of the Republican Party in Texas 1865-1965, 1965. "Cousins meet, find relatives in Texas and Tennessee Legislatures," 10/13/2004 Pleasanton Express. Mentioned, p. 88. Time of Hope, Time of Despair: Black Texans During Reconstruction, 1981. "Kemp Holland, his children and grandchildren," research compiled by Sandra G. Holland, Pleasanton, TX. Working File, 2004. HOLLAND, WILLIAM H. (1841-1907). Handbook of Texas Online. Photographs Photograph. William H. Holland, State Preservation Board Photograph. William H. Holland, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. William H. Holland, 21st Legislature, Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 15th R.S. - 1876 Education

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