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W.N. Linton

William Nelson Linton

Full Name: William Nelson Linton
Date of birth: November 29, 1830
Date of death: May 21, 1898

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 32 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2) (3)   Greenback Montgomery / Montgomery   Montgomery
H 32 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th   Greenback Montgomery / Montgomery   Montgomery

Terms of service footnotes


(1) "Linton, greenbacker, for local representative, is elected by near 100 majority," p. 1, 11/6/1880. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) Greenbacker, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(3) Greenbacker. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
17th (1) (2) (3)  
Party:
Greenback
Home City/County:
Montgomery / Montgomery
Counties in district:
Montgomery

Legislatures:
16th  
Party:
Greenback
Home City/County:
Montgomery / Montgomery
Counties in district:
Montgomery

Terms of service notes


(1) "Linton, greenbacker, for local representative, is elected by near 100 majority," p. 1, 11/6/1880. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) Greenbacker, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(3) Greenbacker. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Obituary and death notices, Houston Daily Post, Dallas Morning News, and Brownsville Herald. Death date 5/21/1898. Relatives: William Nelson Linton - father-in-law; Robert Byron Rentfro - son-in-law. Donated Material.
  • Biographical sketch, William Nelson Linton, p. 260. Born 11/29/1830 in Pickens, Alabama. Elected to the 16th Legislature as a Greenbacker. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

  • Photograph. W.N. Linton, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

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