David Washington Cole
Full Name: David Washington "Wash" ColeDate of birth: October 31, 1820
Date of death: March 5, 1885
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| S | 10 | Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874 | 12th (3) (4) (5) (6) 13th (1) (2) | Democrat | Black Jack Grove / Hopkins | Hopkins, Hunt, Wood |
(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) 13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(3) Black Jack Grove renamed Cumby in 1886. Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) Name listed David W. Cole. Members of the Texas Legislature, 1846-1962, 1962.
(5) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(6) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
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Senate District 10
Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874 Legislatures: 12th (3) (4) (5) (6) 13th (1) (2) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Black Jack Grove / Hopkins Counties in district: Hopkins, Hunt, Wood |
(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) 13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(3) Black Jack Grove renamed Cumby in 1886. Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) Name listed David W. Cole. Members of the Texas Legislature, 1846-1962, 1962.
(5) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(6) Party affiliation, Democrat. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
Biographical Information top
Other Resources
- Census of 1870 - Washington Cole, Black Jack Grove post office, Hopkins County, age 49, born circa 1821 in Kentucky. FamilySearch.
- D.W. Cole, birth date 10/31/1820, death date 3/5/1885, burial in Cumby Cemetery, Cumby, Hopkins County. Find a Grave.
- Mentioned in CUMBY, TEXAS. Cumby, formerly Black Jack Grove, was settled in 1842 by D.W. (Wash) Cole. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Death notice, Judge D.W. Cole, Black Jack Grove, March 6. "He was in the Constitutional convention of 1868, and afterward elected to the state Senate . . . ," The Galveston Daily News, 3/7/1885, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1868. Included in "List of Delegates to the Reconstruction Convention, As Announced in Special order No. 213, Dated Headquarters Fifth Military District, New Orleans, LA., April 13th, 1868." Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A.D., 1868 (1870), pp 533-534. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
- David Washington Cole, p. 92. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
- History of Black Jack Grove and Judge D.W. Cole obituary, Black Jack Post, 3/7/1885. Death date 3/5/1885. Hopkins County, TXGenWeb Project.
- Mentioned in "R.W. Harris Tells of the Old Days and its People." Miller Green married a daughter of Wash Cole, "a very prominent citizen of the county and a member of the State Legislature from Hopkins County in the early day." Hopkins County, TXGenWeb Project.
Photographs
- Photograph. D.W. Cole, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. D.W. Cole, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.
Committee Information top
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13th R.S. - 1873
Agriculture Internal Improvements Private Land Claims (Chair) Public Debt Stock and Stock Raising (Chair) | ||
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12th Adjourned - 1871
Education Elections Internal Improvements Privileges and Elections Roads, Bridges and Ferries | ||
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12th R.S. - 1871
Education Elections Internal Improvements Privileges and Elections Roads, Bridges and Ferries | ||
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12th 1st C.S. - 1870
Education Elections Internal Improvements Privileges and Elections Roads, Bridges and Ferries | ||
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12th Provisional - 1870
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