Robert Crews Duff

Full Name: Robert Crews Duff
Date of birth: February 5, 1873
Date of death: December 13, 1942

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	22	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th	Democrat	Beaumont / Jefferson		Jefferson, Orange
H	40	Jan 8, 1895 - Feb 14, 1895	24th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Columbia / Brazoria		Brazoria, Matagorda

(1) Columbia post office renamed East Columbia in 1927. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) N.H. Haller, sworn 2/14/1895, unseated R.C. Duff in election contest the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 22
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
Legislatures: 28th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Beaumont / Jefferson
Counties in district: Jefferson, Orange

House District 40
Jan 8, 1895 - Feb 14, 1895
Legislatures: 24th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Columbia / Brazoria
Counties in district: Brazoria, Matagorda

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, R.C. Duff, p. 133. Born in Columbia, 2/5/1873. "In practice of law, Brazoria Co., 1892-1900, Beaumont, 1900-05." Texian Who's Who, 1937.

Military Service Notes

Captain, Spanish-American War, 1898. Houston Chronicle.
R.C. Duff, Texas Volunteer Guard, Call Number 401-190. Born in Columbia, Brazoria County; lawyer; oath 3/20/1903. "In volunteer guard and raised company of cavalry for service in late war . . . " Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.

Other Resources

Relatives: Robert Crews Duff - brother, Frederick Joseph Duff - brother. Culpepper Connections' Family Tree.
Robert Crews Duff, birth date 2/5/1873 in Columbia, Texas; death date 12/13/1942 in Houston, Harris County; attorney; burial in West Columbia. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Robert Crews Duff, birth date 2/5/1873, death date 12/13/1942, burial in Columbia Cemetery, West Columbia, Brazoria County. Includes obituary in Freeport Facts, 12/17/1942. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in BEAUMONT AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD. Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in WACO, BEAUMONT, TRINITY AND SABINE RAILWAY. Handbook of Texas Online.
Obituary and photo, "Funeral Held for R.C. Duff, Railway Head," 12/14/1942, pp. 1, 2. "In 1902 Colonel Duff was elected to represent Jefferson and Orange counties in the Twenty-Eighth Texas Legislature and served one term."
Obituary, 12/14/1942, p. 19. "R.C. Duff, president of the Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railroad Company . . . He practiced law in Brazoria County from the age of 19. In 1901 he moved to Beaumont, and in 1910 he moved to Houston." Houston Chronicle.
Separate cards for R.C. Duff, 24th Legislature, from Columbia and R.C. Duff, 28th Legislature, from Beaumont. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
Separate entries for R.C. Duff, 24th Legislature, from Columbia and Robert C. Duff, 28th Legislature, from Beaumont. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
First name Robert. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
Speech in Governor's reception room quoted, Vol. II, pp. 137-138. Year Book for Texas, Volume II, 1903.

Photographs

Photograph. R.C. Duff, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

28th R.S. - 1903 Federal Relations Finance Irrigation Judiciary No. 1 Towns and City Corporations
24th R.S. - 1895 Counties and County Boundaries Federal Relations Judiciary No. 2 Stock and Stock Raising

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