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W.T. Smith Full Name: W. T. Smith Date of birth: February 25, 1842 Date of death: Deceased, date unknown Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 13 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1)   Democrat Mount Pleasant / Titus   Franklin, Titus H 13 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (2) (3) (4) (5)   Democrat Mount Vernon / Titus   Franklin, Titus (1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. (3) Mount Vernon [Franklin County], Titus County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. (5) Mount Vernon [Franklin County], Titus County. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biography, p. 255. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Other Resources Smith elected Titus County delegate to the State Grange, p. 3, 11/22/1876. Galveston Daily News. Census of 1880 lists William T. Smith of Mount Pleasant, TX; 38 years old; born in Georgia. HeritageQuest Online. Photographs Photograph. W.T. Smith, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 17th R.S. - 1881 Agriculture (Chair)  Contingent Expenses   Finance   Senatorial and Representative Districts, Apportionment   16th R.S. - 1879 Contingent Expenses   Finance   Indian Affairs   Internal Improvements   Penal Code, Select   Privileges and Elections   State Asylums

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