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Robert Meriwether Brown Full Name: Robert Meriwether "Sunny Jim" Brown, Jr. Date of birth: December 24, 1845 Date of death: May 10, 1917 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 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, inscription: UCV [United Confederate Veterans], burial in Wharton City Cemetery, Wharton County. 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 Informationtop 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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