James Oscar Nicholson

Full Name: James Oscar Nicholson
Date of birth: March 29, 1847
Date of death: January 5, 1904

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	96	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 5, 1904	28th	Democrat	Laredo / Webb		Webb
H	86	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th	Democrat	Laredo / Webb		Webb, Encinal

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House District 96
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 5, 1904
Legislatures: 28th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Webb

House District 86
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Webb, Encinal

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

29th Legislature, R.S., 1/13/1905, p. 93. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, James Oscar Nicholson, p. 693. Birth date 3/29/1847 in Pike County, Illinois; engaged in practice of law in Laredo since 1881. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, 1904.
Biographical sketch, James O. Nicholson, pp. 115-116. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Military Service Notes

Union Army, 137th Illinois infantry regiment, and Company D, 7th Illinois regiment, Civil War. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Census of 1900 - G.O. (J.O.) Nicholson, Laredo, Webb County, born March 1849 in Illinois, lawyer, spouse M.W. Nicholson, daughters Mary and Bessie Nicholson and Lily Daisy. FamilySearch.
James Oscar Nicholson, birth date 3/29/1847 in Pittsfield, Illinois; death date 1/5/1904 in Laredo, Texas; burial in Laredo City Cemetery, Webb County. Find a Grave.
Death notice, "J.O. Nicholson Dead: He Was the Representative from Laredo," 1/6/1904, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.
27th Legislature (1901) - J.O. Nicholson, postoffice Laredo, nativity Illinois, age 51 (born circa 1850), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. J.O. Nicholson, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.O. Nicholson, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

27th 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.

Committee Information top

28th R.S. - 1903 Irrigation Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Mining and Minerals
27th R.S. - 1901 Blind Asylum Commerce and Manufactures Congressional Districts Counties and County Boundaries Irrigation (Chair) Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Mining and Minerals Towns and City Corporations

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