Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	8	Jan 12, 1909 - Jan 10, 1911	31st (1)	Democrat	Marshall / Harrison		Harrison, Marion
H	8	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Marshall / Harrison		Harrison, Marion
H	21	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	Marshall / Harrison		Harrison
H	14	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd	Democrat	Marshall / Harrison		Harrison
H	15	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st (2) (3)	Democrat	Marshall / Harrison		Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby
H	14	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th (4) (5) (6)	Democrat	Marshall / Harrison		Harrison

(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.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(3) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4) District 14 - L.P. Wilson, District 15 - W.J. Cavin. House Journal.
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(6) Roster shows Wilson represented the 14th district; bio shows the 15th. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 39th Legislature, 1st C.S., 10/8/1926, p. 1388. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• Portrait and biographical sketch, Louis P. Wilson, pp. 324-326. Born 4/3/1851 in Marshall. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
• Biographical sketch, Louis P. Wilson, pp. 252-253. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Other Resources

• Judge L.P. Wilson, birth date 4/3/1851 in Marshall, death date 10/5/1926 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• Louis P. Wilson, birth date 4/3/1851, death date 10/5/1926, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County. Includes reprint of obituary in Dallas Morning News, 10/6/1926. Find a Grave.
• Obituary, "L.P. Wilson Rites in Marshall Today," 10/6/1926, p. 9. Fort Worth Record-Telegram.
• Obituary, L.P. Wilson, 10/6/1926, p. 3. Lewis Wilson. "He was a member of the legislature from Harrison County for several years and was instrumental in having the Separate Coach Law, now known as the Jim Crow Law and Fellow Servants bill passed in the legislature." Marshall News Messenger.
• Brief vignettes on members of the 30th Legislature, "Kodaks by the Chaplain," The Houston Post, 5/12/1907, p. 6, col. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

• Photograph. L.P. Wilson, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L.P. Wilson, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L.P. Wilson, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
• Photograph. L.P. Wilson, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L.P. Wilson, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. L.P. Wilson, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
• 21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
• 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
• 23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
• 30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 31st session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, north wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
• 23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
• 23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

31st 1st C.S. - 1909 Banks and Banking   Common Carriers   Judicial Districts   Labor   Municipal Corporations   Privileges, Suffrage, and Elections

31st R.S. - 1909 Judicial Districts   Labor   Municipal Corporations   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections   Stephen F. Austin Remains

30th R.S. - 1907 Common Carriers   Forestry   Judicial Districts   Labor   Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure   State Asylums

23rd R.S. - 1893 Internal Improvements (Chair)  Judiciary No. 1   Military Affairs   Public Printing   State Asylums

22nd R.S. - 1891 Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2 (Chair)  Military Affairs   Printing of Daily Senate and House Journals   Public Printing

21st R.S. - 1889 Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2   Public Lands and Land Office   Public Printing (Chair)

18th R.S. - 1883 Insurance and Statistics   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Penitentiaries