(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture), 1910.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

53rd Legislature, R.S., HSR 181. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Memorial, May 1953, p. 356. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Photo and obituary, "Death Takes Outstanding Lawyer Here," 3/15/1953, p. 19. Father M.L. Crawford died in 1910. Dallas Morning News.
William Lyne Crawford II, birth date 1/7/1877, death date 3/14/1953 in Highland Park, interment in Restland Cemetery, Dallas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
William L. Crawford II/Jr. mentioned in obituary of his father [Meriwether Lewis Crawford], "Judge M.L. Crawford Died Sunday Morning," 5/16/1910, p. 3. Relatives: Col. William L. Crawford - uncle; William L. Crawford II - nephew. Galveston Daily News.
William L. Crawford, Jr. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Mentioned in "The Austin Scene: Texas and Horse Racing," 12/18/1964, p. 4. Victoria Advocate.

Photographs

Photograph. W.L. Crawford, Jr., 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Banks and Banking Common Carriers Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair) Insurance Judicial Districts Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections
31st R.S. - 1909 Common Carriers Criminal Jurisprudence Judicial Districts Judiciary

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