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 - 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2, listed as elected on November 3, 1914. Senate Journal .
(2) 35th Legislature - 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call of Holdover Senators. Senate Journal .
(3) 36th Legislature - 1/14/1919, pp. 1-2, listed as "member-elect" in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 5th, 1918. Senate Journal .
(4) 37th Legislature - 1/11/1921, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call of Holdover Senators/Absent. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

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

Other Resources

Photo and biographical sketch (Elizabeth Suiter). Relatives: William D. Suiter - father, Elizabeth Suiter - daughter. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
Biographical sketch, Volume IV, William David Suiter, pp. 431-432. Birth date 2/10/1871. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers 1940.
William D. "Will" Suiter, birth date 2/10/1871, death date 6/25/1963, biographical sketch, certificate of death, interment 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," 3/22/1917, p. 6. Houston Post .
Lists date of birth as 2/10/1871. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service .
Memorial, September 1963, p. 805. William David Suiter. Texas Bar Journal .