Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	27	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Lampasas / Lampasas		Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas
H	76	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Lampasas / Lampasas		Burnet, Lampasas

(1) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal. January 10, 1893 January 11, 1893
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, McNelly Company of Scouts, Green's Texas Cavalry Brigade, according to soldier's application and witness affidavits. Woodson Heard Browning, death date 2/3/1940 in Reeves County, widow Mrs. W.H. Browning, marriage date 5/9/1872 in Travis County. Pension File Nos. 47157 (W.H. Browning) and 51929 (Woodson Heard Browning), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. W.H. Browning, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Private, McNelly's Scouts Cavalry. Military grave marker, W.H. Browning. Woodson Heard Browning (1848-1940), portrait, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, Lampasas County. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

"Confederate Vet Dies in Pecos," 2/5/1940, p. 9. Died at home Saturday (2/3/1940). Served as district attorney, state legislator, and state senator. El Paso Herald Post.
Woodson Heard Browning, birth date 9/13/1848 in Brenham, death date 2/3/1940 in Pecos, Reeves County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
23rd Legislature (1893) - W.H. Browning, Lampasas, age 44 (born circa 1849), lawyer, 44 years in Texas, member of previous legislatures: 22nd, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. W.H. Browning, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

23rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893 Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Enrolled Bills Federal Relations General Land Office General Land Office, Joint Committee to investigate the Judiciary No. 1 Labor Mining and Irrigation Penitentiaries Roads and Bridges Rules Stock and Stockraising
22nd R.S. - 1891 Counties and County Boundaries Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 2 Public Lands and Land Office Representation and Apportionment on Senatorial and Representative Districts State Asylums

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