Peter Radford
Full Name: Peter RadfordDate of birth: March 3, 1851
Date of death: December 1, 1918
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 79 | Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 | 24th (1) (2) (3) | Populist | Whitt / Parker | Parker |
(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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House District 79
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 Legislatures: 24th (1) (2) (3) Party: Populist Home City/County: Whitt / Parker Counties in district: Parker |
(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Peter Radford, pp. 232-233. History of Parker County and the Double Log Cabin: being a brief symposium of the early history of Parker County, together with short biographical sketches of early settlers and their trials, 1937.
- Obituary, "Peter Radford Dead," The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Texas), 12/3/1918, p. 3. "He represented Parker county in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth legislatures, being elected on the Populist ticket."
"Tribute to Peter Radford," The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Texas), 12/12/1918, p. 5. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). December 12, 1918 December 3, 1918
Other Resources
- Peter Radford, birth date 3/3/1851 in Staunton, Virginia; death date 12/1/1918 in Madison, Wisconsin, burial in Whitt Cemetery, Whitt, Parker County. Includes portraits and reprint of obituary in Arlington Journal, 12/13/1918. Find a Grave.
- Peter Radford of Whitt, Parker County, pp. 295, 318, 406, 432. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism, 2020.
Photographs
- Photograph. Peter Radford, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. Peter Radford. Photo courtesy of Becky Radford Plumlee., Donated Material
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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