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R.M. Edwards Robert Marion Edwards
Full Name: Robert Marion Edwards
Date of birth: November 29, 1863
Date of death: November 23, 1925
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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 41 Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 29th   Democrat Fairfield / Freestone   Freestone
H 41 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905 28th   Democrat Fairfield / Freestone   Freestone
 
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  • Robert Marion Edwards, birth date 11/29/1863, death date 11/23/1925, photo, obituaries in Fairfield Recorder ("He had served as county attorney and represented the district in the State Legislature in days gone by") and The News ("R.M. Edwards, Ex-Legislator, Dies"), interment in Fairfield Cemetery, Freestone County. Find a Grave.
  • 28th Legislature (1903) - R.M. Edwards, postoffice Fairfield, nativity Texas, age 39 (born circa 1864), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
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  • Photograph. R.M. Edwards,28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. R.M. Edwards,29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
    • Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
  • 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
  • 29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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    29th R.S. - 1905
    Criminal Jurisprudence  
    Game and Fisheries  
    Mines and Mining  
    28th R.S. - 1903
    Agricultural Affairs  
    Judiciary No. 2  
    Mining and Minerals  
    Revenue and Taxation  
     

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