Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Will D. Suiter

Full Name: William David "Will" Suiter
Birth date: February 10, 1871
Death date: June 25, 1963

Terms of Service

Senate, 37th ⁽⁴⁾ & 36th ⁽³⁾ Legislatures
1/14/1919 - 1/9/1923
Democrat
Senate, 35th ⁽²⁾ & 34th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1915 - 1/14/1919
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/18/1917, 1st C.S.

(1) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(2) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) 36th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 5th, 1918, oath of office administered, 1/14/1919, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) 37th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators/Absent, 1/11/1921, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Photographs

Photograph. W.D. Suiter, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.D. Suiter, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.D. Suiter, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.D. Suiter, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, William D. Suiter, Volume III, pp. 1501-1502. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Photo and biographical sketch (Elizabeth Suiter). Relatives: William D. Suiter - father, Elizabeth Suiter - daughter. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
Biographical sketch, William David Suiter, Volume IV, pp. 431-432. Born 2/10/1871 in Washington County, Illinois. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers 1940.
William David Suiter, birth date 2/10/1871 in Illinois; death date 6/25/1963 in Winnsboro, Wood County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
William D. Suiter, birth date 2/10/1871, death date 6/25/1963, burial in Lee Cemetery, Winnsboro, Wood County. Find a Grave .
Mentioned in Sabine Royalty Corporation, Tyler, Texas, in The State of Texas Book: One Hundred Years of Progress, p. 406. HeritageQuest Online .
Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," The Houston Post, 3/22/1917, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Reproduction of Judge Will D. Suiter's history of Winnsboro, October 1, 2003. Suiter, Will D. Winnsboro, Texas: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, copyright 1952. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Memorial, September 1963, p. 805. William David Suiter. Texas Bar Journal .
Obituary and photo, "Will D. Suiter, 92 Dies Here June 25," 6/27/1963, pp. 1, 6. Winnsboro News .