William Edgar Thomason

Full Name: William Edgar Thomason
Date of birth: July 23, 1872
Date of death: April 13, 1938

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	3	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 41st ⁽³⁾ 42nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches	Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd)	Angelina, Cherokee, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
H	7	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Nacogdoches
H	7	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921	36th	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Nacogdoches
H	7	Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919	35th	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Nacogdoches

(1) 42nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 2nd C.S., elected 9/8/1931. Senate Journal.
(2) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Terms of Service top

Senate District 3
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ 41st ⁽³⁾ 42nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (42nd)
(42nd)
(42nd)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches
Counties in district: Angelina, Cherokee, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler

House District 7
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches
Counties in district: Nacogdoches

House District 7
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches
Counties in district: Nacogdoches

House District 7
Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches
Counties in district: Nacogdoches

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/25/1929, p. 7. Houston Post-Dispatch.

Military Service Notes

Corporal, 1st Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, William E. Thomason, death date 4/13/1938, burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County. Find a Grave.
Thomason, William Edgar. United States Volunteers, Spanish-American War Call Number: 401-252. Troop A, 1st Texas Volunteer Cavalry, postoffice address Nacogdoches, Texas. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935.

Other Resources

Obituary, W. Edgar Thomason, 4/15/1938. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches. Dallas Morning News.
W.E. Thomason, born 7/23/1871 in Nacogdoches, married Julia Hale. Biographical sketch and photo, "Texas and Her Legislature (Legislative Section)," Members of Texas House of Representatives, 35th Legislature, 2/28/1917, p. 14. Fort Worth Record.
William E. Thomason. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Photographs

Photograph. W.E. Thomason, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.E. Thomason, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.E. Thomason, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.E. Thomason, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.E. Thomason, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

42nd R.S. - 1931 Agricultural Affairs Criminal Jurisprudence Educational Affairs Finance Labor Military Affairs Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair) Public Printing State Affairs State Institutions and Departments Stock and Stock Raising Towns and City Corporations (Vice Chair)
41st R.S. - 1929 Banking Commerce and Manufacture Criminal Jurisprudence Educational Affairs Finance Labor Meridian College Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair) Public Printing (Vice Chair) State Institutions and Departments
40th R.S. - 1927 Indian Committee
37th R.S. - 1921 Appropriations Education (Chair) Game and Fisheries Military Affairs Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
36th R.S. - 1919 Education Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Vice Chair) Military Affairs (Chair) Parole Law Revision Public Health
35th R.S. - 1917 Agriculture Appropriations Conflicting Extension Work Donation of John Tarleton College to the State, Investigate Education (Chair) Reforms in Criminal Procedure Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Asylums Tuberculosis Sanatorium

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