Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William A. Morris

Full Name: William A. "Bud" Morris
Birth date: December 24, 1844
Death date: January 28, 1928

Terms of Service

House, 37th Legislature
1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
Democrat
House, 36th Legislature
1/14/1919 - 1/11/1921
Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.A. Morris, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.A. Morris, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1920 - William A. Morris, Montague County, age 75, born circa 1845 in Arkansas, occupation: Representative, Tex. Legislature, wife Rachel L. Morris. FamilySearch .
W.A. "Bud" Morris, birth date 12/24/1844; death date 1/28/1928 in Montague, Montague County; county surveyor. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
W.A. (Bud) Morris, birth date 12/24/1844, death date 1/28/1928, burial in Montague Cemetery, Montague County, with spouse Rachel Morris. Find a Grave .
Mentioned in MONTAGUE, TX (MONTAGUE COUNTY). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch (as of 1895), William A. Morris, p. 540. Born 12/24/1845 [sic] in Arkansas; Montague County Clerk, Tax Collector, and County Surveyor; marriage to Rachel Dennis of Lamar County, 12/12/1867. Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory 1895.
Home Guards, "a branch of the Confederate service organized as a protection from Indians, in which he remained through the war," p. 540. Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory 1895.
"W.A. Morris of Montague is a candidate for representative from Montague county . . . Uncle Bud is [a] fine old veteran that we are glad to honor." The Nocona News, 6/28/1918, p. 2, crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, W.A. "Uncle Bud" Morris, birth date 12/24/1844, death date 1/28/1928. "He at one time represented this county in the State Legislature for four years, and was county surveyor for many years." The Saint Jo Tribune, 2/3/1928, p. 1. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
37th Legislature (1921) - W.A. Morris, postoffice Montague, nativity Arkansas, age 76 (born circa 1845), 68 years in Texas, land surveyor, member of former legislature: 36th, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .