Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	52	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th	Democrat	Wharton / Wharton		Lavaca, Wharton
H	52	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Wharton / Wharton		Lavaca, Wharton

(1) "Hon. R.M. Brown of Wharton, candidate for flotorial representative" requested "his name placed on the democratic ticket for the primary on July 28." "Halletsville News: Meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee Was Held," 4/26/1906, p. 12. Houston Post.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

35th Legislature, 1st C.S., 5/11/1917, p. 258. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Robert Meriwether Brown, Volume IV, pp. 1598-1599. Birth date 12/24/1845 in Amherst County, Virginia. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private, Company E, 2nd Virginia Calvary, enlisted 9/1/1863. R.M. Brown, Jr., application date 9/13/1913, birth year estimated 1845, birthplace Athens, Amhens, Virginia, age 68. Pension File No. 22600, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958.
Robert Meriweather Brown Jr., birth date 12/24/1845, death date 5/10/1917. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.

Other Resources

R.M. Brown, burial in Wharton City Cemetery, Wharton County. Includes inscription: UCV [United Confederate Veterans] Find a Grave.
Obituary, "'Sunny Jim' Brown Dead at Wharton," 5/11/1917, p. 12, "Judge R.M. Brown, known in the legislature as 'Sunny Jim,' died in a local hospital Wednesday night (5/9/1917)." Houston Post.
29th Legislature (1905) - R.M. Brown, postoffice Wharton, nativity Virginia, age 59 (born circa 1846), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. R.M. Brown, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.M. Brown, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

30th R.S. - 1907 Criminal Jurisprudence Federal Relations Game and Fisheries Stock and Stock Raising
29th R.S. - 1905 Common Carriers Criminal Jurisprudence Game and Fisheries Irrigation

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