Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
H	3	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Unknown / Lamar	Lamar
S	2	Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853	4th ⁽³⁾	Unknown / Lamar	Fannin, Lamar
H	5	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽⁴⁾	Unknown / Lamar	Fannin, Lamar
S	1	Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849	2nd ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Unknown / Lamar	Fannin, Lamar
S	1	Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847	1st ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾	Unknown / Lamar	Fannin, Lamar

(1) No indication of Williams of Lamar being sworn in House. First shows up in record vote, 11/27/1855, p. 116. House Journal.
(2) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Identified as House committee member, 1/11/1856, p. 330, "A message was received from the House, informing the Senate of the appointment of . . . Williams, of Lamar, . . . a select committee to act in conjunction with a like committee from the Senate, on the memorial of Gen. Thos. J. Chambers." Senate Journal.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(4) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(5) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(6) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(7) 2nd Legislature - Roll of Districts, oath of office, 12/13/1847, p. 3. Senate Journal.
(8) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(9) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal.
(10) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal.
(11) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, pp. 191-192. "Served in the first four State Legislatures, 1846-53, representing Fannin and Lamar in the Senate of all except the 3rd, when he was a member of the House. Re-elected to the 6th Legislature, 1855-56, he was again in the Senate [sic]." Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM M. (1809-1859). "Represented Fannin and Lamar counties in the House of the 3rd Legislature and in the Senate of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th [sic] Legislatures." Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6. Paris News.
Biographical notes, p. 170. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Committee Information top

6th R.S. - 1855 Internal Improvements Land Titles West of Nueces River, Select Private Land Claims No. 1 Private Land Claims No. 2 Public Debt Surveying Public Lands, Select
4th R.S. - 1851 Enrolled Bills Indian Affairs Internal Improvements (Chair) Private Land Claims Public Debt
3rd R.S. - 1849 County Boundaries Digest of the Laws of the State of Texas by Mr. Oliver C. Hartley, Examine Work, Cost, etc. Education Governor's Message, Select Indian Affairs (Chair) Internal Improvements Judicial Districts, Select Judiciary Penitentiary Private Land Claims Privileges and Elections Public Debt Purchase of Northwestern Territory, Governor's Message (Co-Chair) Quieting Land Titles of the State, Governor's Message Quieting Land Titles West of the Nueces River, Governor's Message Santa Fe, Prepare Remonstrance and Protest Against the Further Continuance of a Military Government in
2nd R.S. - 1847 Apportionment, Privileges and Elections (Chair) Internal Improvements (Chair) Private Land Claims State Affairs
1st R.S. - 1846 Affairs of State Claims and Accounts Education Examine Books of Comptroller Relative to Charge Against James L. Love (Chair) Judicial Districts, Select Judiciary Printing Contract Public Lands (Chair) Republic of Texas Fines, Penalities, Forfeitures & Escheats, Consideration of

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