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William Dixon Lair Full Name: William Dixon Lair Date of birth: May 12, 1814 Date of death: June 3, 1887 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 12 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 9, 1883 16th (3) (4) (5)   17th (1) (2)   Democrat Melissa / Collin   Collin, Denton S 15 Feb 2, 1863 - Nov 2, 1863 9th (6) (7) (8)     Melissa / Collin   Collin, Grayson (1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (3) Democrat - "After his election as a Democrat in 1878 . . . ," p. 255. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. (4) 16th Legislature - 1/14/1879, p. 1. Listed as one of the "newly elected senators, approached the president's desk and took the oath of office prescribed by the constitution." Senate Journal. (5) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. (6) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - 11/12/1861, p. 42. Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - predecessor J.J. Dickson drew "the short term" (two years). Senate Journal. (7) William Lair, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded J.J. Dickson, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (8) 9th Legislature, 1st Called Session - Oath of office, 2/2/1863, p. 1. "The following gentlemen presented their credentials as Senators-elect from the respective districts to fill vacancies . . . " Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries Member roster, 9th Legislature, 1st Called Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Dr. W.D. Lair, Pioneer Collin Physician and State Senator. Daily Courier Gazette date 1936, May 3?, 1929. Early Settlers of Collin County, Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage, 2010. Dr. William Dixon Lair, biographical sketch from The Daily Courier Gazette May 1929 and 1936, Texas Senate and Kentucky Legislature. Interment in Lair Cemetery, Anna, Collin County. Find a Grave. Biography, pp. 242-243. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Biographical sketch, pp. 12, 255; service in 16th-17th Senate, pp. 254-255, 279. Served four years in Kentucky legislature before moving to Texas in 1859. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. Photographs Photograph. William Lair, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 17th R.S. - 1881 Agricultural Affairs   Contingent Expenses   Finance   Institute for the Blind (Co-Chair)  Penitentiaries   Penitentiaries, Subcommittee on   Private Land Claims   Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Retrenchment and Reform   Senatorial and Representative Districts   State Asylums   Statistics of Industries, Public Health, and History of Texas (Chair)  16th R.S. - 1879 Agricultural Affairs   Contingent Expenses   Counties and County Boundaries   Educational Affairs   Enrolled Bills   Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection   Penitentiary   Private Land Claims   State Asylums   Statistics of Industry, Public Health and History of Texas   9th R.S. - 1861 Enrolled Bills   General Land Office   Printing and Contingent Expenses   Public Lands

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