William Hodges

Full Name: William Hodges
Date of birth: August 15, 1854
Date of death: January 29, 1941

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	4	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th	Democrat	Paris / Lamar		Lamar
H	20	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Deport / Lamar		Lamar

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.

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House District 4
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905
Legislatures: 28th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Paris / Lamar
Counties in district: Lamar

House District 20
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Deport / Lamar
Counties in district: Lamar

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.

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Resolutions and Journal entries

W.M. Hodges, Paris. House Journal. 28th R.S.
Wm. Hodges. House Journal. 22nd R.S.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, William Hodges, p. 294. Born 8/15/1854 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Memorial, March 1941, p. 156. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

William Hodges, birth date 8/15/1854 in Mississippi; death date 1/29/1941 in Texarkana, Bowie County; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Obituary, "Judge Hodges, Long Time Jurist, Dies," 1/30/1941, pp. 1, 6. "Before coming to Paris he had been a Representative in Texas Legislature two terms, where he was prominent in legislation to curb the immense land holdings of non-resident investors, and afterwards had been a clerk in the Texas Senate." Tribute, "Backward Glances: William Hodges Was My Friend," by A.W. Neville, 2/2/1941, p. 4. Paris News.
Death notice, Judge William Hodges, "Pioneer of Appeals Court Dies Jan. 29," The Deport Times, 2/6/1941, p. 7, crediting Red River County Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. William Hodges, Texas Jurists Collection

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

28th R.S. - 1903 Constitutional Amendments Judicial Districts Permanent University and Common School Fund, to Investigate Roads, Bridges and Ferries
22nd R.S. - 1891 County Government and County Finances Judiciary No. 2 Mining and Minerals Representation and Apportionment on Senatorial and Representative Districts State Asylums

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