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James Knox White
Full Name: James Knox White
Date of birth: August 24, 1833
Date of death: March 28, 1915
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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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66
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Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
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19th
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Democrat
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Matagorda / Matagorda
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Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton
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(1)
Postoffice, Matagorda.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
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Announcement declaring "James K. White, of Matagorda County, Democratic Nominee for Representative, 66th District, 19th Legislature".
Galveston Daily News.
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Galveston County.
House Journal.
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Home address, Wharton; home county, Wharton.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Postoffice, Matagorda.
Rules of Order of the House of Representatives of the Nineteenth Legislature, 1885.
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Home county, Wharton.
Texas House of Representatives: a Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical sketch.
Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
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Confederate States Army, Captain, Company E, 8th Texas Cavalry, Terry's Texas Rangers. Biographical sketch, James Knox White.
Find a Grave.
Biographical sketch and portrait; rose from rank of 1st Lieutenant to Captain between May 1861 and November 1862; captured at the battle of Chickamauga and imprisoned for 18 months.
Terry's Texas Rangers, 2001.
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James Knox White, birth date 8/24/1833, death date 3/28/1915, interment in Bowie Cemetery, Matagorda County.
Find a Grave.
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Photograph.
James K. White, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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