W.M. Morgan

Wilburn Miles Morgan

Full Name: Wilburn Miles Morgan
Date of birth: April 19, 1871
Date of death: January 5, 1934

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 85 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th (1) (2)   Democrat San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar

(1) District 85 is composed of Bexar County, Acts 1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 10, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) Incorrectly states member's district is 185. Texas Legislative Manual.

Terms of Service top

House District 85
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th (1) (2)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bexar

(1) District 85 is composed of Bexar County, Acts 1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 10, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) Incorrectly states member's district is 185. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, photo, candidate platform, W.M. Morgan. "Morgan Favors Equal Suffrage: Candidate for Legislature Has Progressive Ideas, Much Initiative; W.M. Morgan: Candidate for Legislature, Place 3," 7/10/1920, p. 7. San Antonio Evening News.

Other Resources

  • Death notice, W.M. Morgan, member of the 37th Legislature, 1/16/1934, p. 5. " . . . W.M. Morgan, who died last week. Morgan, one of the 'business men' representatives sent to the legislature, was formerly head of the Retail Merchants Association of San Antonio." Big Spring Daily Herald.
  • Wilburn Miles Morgan, birth date 4/19/1871 in Fort Payne, Alabama; death date 1/5/1934 in San Antonio; member of Devine Motor Co. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Obituary, Wilburn Miles Morgan, "Death Takes W.M. Morgan," 1/5/1934, p. 11-A. San Antonio Light.
  • 37th Legislature (1921) - W.M. Morgan, postoffice San Antonio, nativity Alabama, age 49 (born circa 1872), 30 years in Texas, auto dealer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

  • Photograph. W.M. Morgan, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

37th R.S. - 1921
Commerce and Manufactures  
Municipal and Private Corporations  
Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions  

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