James W. Swayne

Full Name: James W. "Jim" Swayne
Date of birth: October 6, 1855
Date of death: February 11, 1929

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	30	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant
H	34	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Tarrant

(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

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Senate District 30
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant

House District 34
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 22nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Fort Worth / Tarrant
Counties in district: Tarrant

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Resolutions and Journal entries

41st Legislature, R.S., p. 714. Death date 2/11/1929. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

SWAYNE, JAMES W. (1855-1929). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, James W. Swayne, Volume I, pp. 293-295. A History of Central and Western Texas, 1911.
Biographical sketch, James W. Swayne, pp. 626-627. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
Portrait and biographical sketch, James W. Swayne, pp. 285-288. Born 10/6/1855 in Lexington, Tennessee; married Josie B. Latham 10/6/1887 in Terrell, Texas. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.

Other Resources

Judge Jas. W. Swayne, birth date 10/6/1854, death date 2/11/1929 in Austin, Travis County; Chairman State Indust. — Board. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Photo and obituary, James W. (Jim) Swayne, "Jas. W. Swayne, 73, Dies in Austin," 2/12/1929, p. 1. Born 10/6/1855 in Lexington County, Tennessee. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Photographs

Photograph. J.W. Swayne, 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 Frontier Protection Insurance, Statistics and History Internal Improvements (Chair) Judicial Districts Public Buildings and Grounds Roads and Bridges Rules State Affairs Town and City Corporations
22nd R.S. - 1891 County Government and County Finances Jefferson Davis Military Affairs (Chair) Public Building and Grounds Public Lands and Land Office Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts Texas World's Fair Exhibition Town and City Corporations

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