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Walter Gresham
Full Name: Walter Gresham
Date of birth: July 22, 1841
Date of death: November 6, 1920
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
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Counties in District |
H
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64
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Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
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22nd
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Democrat
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Galveston / Galveston
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Brazoria, Galveston
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H
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65
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Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
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21st
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(4)
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Democrat
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Galveston / Galveston
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Galveston
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H
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65
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Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 8, 1889
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20th
(5)
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Democrat
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Galveston / Galveston
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Galveston
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(1)
Democrat.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2)
Democrat.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(3)
Gresham resigned after Regular Session.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4)
Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(5)
Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
GRESHAM, Walter (1841-1920). Representative, TX.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.
GRESHAM, WALTER (1841-1920).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Volume II, pp. 496-497, 499-500.
Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs, 1910.
Obituary, "Galvestonian Is Claimed by Death: End Comes Suddenly to Col. Gresham," Galveston Tribune, Monday, 11/8/1920, p. 11. Notes Gresham died Saturday evening (11/6/1920).
NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Walter Gresham, pp. 237-241.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Private, Company E, 24th Virginia Cavalry. Military grave marker, Walter Gresham (1841-1920), burial in Lakeview Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston County.
Find a Grave.
Confederate States Army, Private, Company E, 24th Virginia Cavalry. Walter Gresham, birth date 7/22/1841, death date 11/20/1920.
Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch, pp. 61, 161.
Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
W. Gresham, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
20th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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