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Robert Hamilton Ward
Full Name: Robert Hamilton Ward
Date of birth: December 27, 1852
Date of death: July 29, 1933
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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Counties in District |
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50
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Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
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25th
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Democrat
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Austin / Travis
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Travis
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H
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50
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Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
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24th
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Democrat
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Austin / Travis
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Travis
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch and portrait, Robert Hamilton Ward, Volume III, pp. 1202-1203. Birth date 12/27/1852 in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. "He came to Texas in 1872 at the age of twenty . . . His two terms as a legislator brought him credit."
A History of Texas and Texans, 1916.
Biographical sketch, R.H. Ward, pp. 125-126. Born 12/27/1852 in Warrenton, Farquier County, Virginia.
Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
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Other Resources |
Judge Robert Hamilton Ward, birth date 12/27/1852 in Virginia, death date 7/29/1933 in Houston, portrait, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin.
Find a Grave.
Lists same Robert H. Ward as a member of the 7th [sic], 24th, and 25th Legislatures.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
R.H. Ward, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Robert H. Ward, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
25th 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.
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