William Elliott Doyle

Full Name: William Elliott Doyle
Date of birth: April 26, 1846
Date of death: September 9, 1934

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	12	Jul 18, 1921 - Jan 13, 1925	37th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 38th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Teague / Freestone		Brazos, Freestone, Limestone, Robertson

(1) 38th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1923, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(2) William E. Doyle, sworn 7/18/1921, succeeded D. Leon Harp, resigned after Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 38th Legislature. Texas Legislative Manual.

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Senate District 12
Jul 18, 1921 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 37th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 38th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Teague / Freestone
Counties in district: Brazos, Freestone, Limestone, Robertson

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Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 10, 9/15/1934, p. 76. Death date 9/9/1934. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketches of "Confederate Twins" J.H. and W.E. Doyle, Volume 32, Number 5, May 1924, p. 195. Confederate Veteran.
William Elliott Doyle, birth date 4/26/1846 in Oconee County, South Carolina; death date 9/9/1934; burial in Mexia City Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone County, with wife Sallie Lou Doyle. Includes portrait, biographical sketch. Find a Grave.
Biographical sketch, Chapter XLVIII, pp. 123-125. Relatives: William E. Doyle and older brother Dr. J.N. Doyle - brothers who both served in Texas Legislature. William E. Doyle and James H. Doyle - twin brothers. A History of Hood County, Texas: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present, Together with Biographical Sketches of Many Leading Men and Women Among the Early Settlers. . .: Also a Sketch of the History of Somervell County., 1895.
Biographical sketch lists birth date 4/26/1846. Likely the last Confederate veteran to serve in the Texas legislature. Hood County Texas Genealogical Society, 2004.
Biographical sketch, William Elliott Doyle, p. 487. Born 1846 in Pickens district, South Carolina; mayor of Mexia. A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Company G, 7th South Cavalry, Gary's Brigade. Biographical sketches of "Confederate Twins" J.H. and W.E. Doyle, Volume 32, Number, 5 May 1924, p. 195. Confederate Veteran.
Confederate States Army. "Senator Doyle was the last Confederate soldier to serve in this body . . . at the age of fourteen years he and his twin brother ran away from home to join the Confederate forces and were admitted as members of the Northern Army of Virginia." 43rd Legislature, 3rd C.S., SR 10, 9/15/1934, p. 76. Resolutions - Memorial.

Other Resources

Account of experience in the Civil War, "Fresh Soldiers," by W.E. Doyle, Volume 24, Number 12, December 1916, p. 544. Confederate Veteran.
William E. Doyle, birthplace South Carolina; death date 9/9/1934 in Teague, Freestone County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
"Doyle Twins Celebrate Seventy-Ninth Birthday," 5/10/1925, p. 4. Mexia Daily News.
Letter to the editior signed William Elliott Doyle, "W.E. Doyle to Dr. R.B. Jackson," 3/21/1924, p. 6. Mexia Daily News.
Photo and obituary, "Twin Brother of W.E. Doyle Buried Tuesday," 9/8/1933, p. 3. Mexia Daily News.
William Doyle of Teague and James Doyle of Granbury established as America's oldest twins, "Remember When. . . ," 12/3/1961, p. 3. Mexia Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. W.E. Doyle, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.E. Doyle, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

37th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.

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38th R.S. - 1923 Confederate Home Congressional Districts Constitutional Amendments Engrossed Bills (Chair) Judicial Districts Public Buildings and Grounds Senatorial Districts (Vice Chair)
37th R.S. - 1921 Congressional Districts Counties and County Boundaries Engrossed Bills (Chair) Judicial Districts Public Buildings and Grounds State Institutions and Departments State Penitentiaries Stock and Stock Raising (Vice Chair)

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