W.V. Dunnam

William Vance Dunnam

Full Name: William Vance Dunnam, Sr.
Date of birth: February 15, 1891
Date of death: January 12, 1974

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 93 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th   Democrat Gatesville / Coryell   Coryell, Lampasas

Terms of Service top

House District 93
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Gatesville / Coryell
Counties in district: Coryell, Lampasas

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 78th Legislature - Remarks by Representative Dunnam, 3/27/2003, pp. 1002-1004. "In 1917, my grandfather sat in this chamber . . . he died when I was about 9." Relatives: William Vance Dunnam, Sr. - grandfather, Jim Dunnam - grandson. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

  • Memorial, April 1974, p. 376. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

  • Relatives: William Vance Dunnam, Sr. - grandfather, Jim Dunnam - grandson. "Five minutes with" Jim Dunnam, 4/6/2001. Grandfather served in the Texas House of Representatives in 1917. Associated Press State and Local Wire.
  • William Vance Dunnam, Sr., birth date 2/15/1891 in Texas; death date 1/12/1974 in Waco, MeLennan County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1977-1986.
  • W.V. Dunnam, birth date 2/15/1891, death date 1/12/1974, photo, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

  • Photograph. W.V. Dunnam, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

35th R.S. - 1917
Banks and Banking  
Commerce and Manufactures  
Criminal Jurisprudence  
Municipal Corporations  
Reforms in Civil Procedure  

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