Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Howard Driggers

Full Name: William Howard Driggers
Other surnames: Driggars
Birth date: October 26, 1850
Death date: March 21, 1943

Terms of Service

House, 38th Legislature
1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
Democrat
House, 31st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/12/1909 - 1/10/1911
Democrat
House, 30th Legislature
1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat

(1) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

W.H. Driggers, Willis. House Journal . 30th 31st

38th

Photographs

Photograph. W.H. Driggers, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.M. Driggers, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.H. Driggers, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County 1930.
Census of 1910 - Wm. H. Driggers, Montgomery County, age 59, born circa 1851 in Alabama, farmer, wife Emma M., daughter Mary Lizzie.
Census of 1920 - William H. Driggars, Montgomery County, age 69, born circa 1851 in Alabama, farmer, widowed.
Census of 1930 - William H. Driggars, Montgomery County, age 79, born circa 1851 in Alabama, farmer.
W.H. Driggras, marriage to Emma Wood, 8/1/1880 in Montgomery County, Texas. FamilySearch . 1930 1910

1920

Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965

Texas Marriages, 1837-1973

William Howard Driggans [Driggars], birth date 10/26/1850 in Alabama; death date 3/21/1943 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas; farmer, widowed. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
W.H. Driggars' wife, Mary Emily Driggars, birth date 8/8/1847, death date 1/19/1913, burial in Willis Cemetery, Willis, Montgomery County, with daughter Mary E. Driggars. Find a Grave .
"Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Wood Dead," 6/16/1909, p. 7. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Wood died at Willis, Texas, 6/12/1909, pioneer of Montgomery County, and mother of Mrs. W.H. Driggars. Houston Post .
Name spelled interchangeably as Driggers or Driggars in newspapers from Conroe, Willis, and Montgomery County, 1902-1922. For example, W.H. Driggers, candidate for Representative, Willis Progress, 9/10/1908, p. 4, Montgomery County Memorial Library; and W.H. Driggars, candidate for House of Representatives, "Clarke Withdraws in Favor of W.H. Driggars," Conroe Courier, 6/23/1922, pp. 1, 5, crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . September 10, 1908 June 23, 1922
30th Legislature (1907) - W.H. Driggers, postoffice Willis, nativity Alabama, age 57 (born circa 1850), farmer, 30 years in Texas, Democrat.
31st Legislature (1909) - W.H. Driggers, postoffice Willis, nativity Alabama, age 61 (born circa 1848), farmer, 32 years in Texas, Democrat, member former legislatures: 30th.
38th Legislature (1923) - W.H. Driggers, postoffice Willis, nativity Alabama, age 70 (born circa 1853), farmer, Democrat, member former legislatures: 30th-31st. Texas Legislative Manual . 30th 31st