Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Cooper McKamy

Full Name: William Cooper McKamy, Jr.
Birth date: June 25, 1861
Death date: February 20, 1934

Terms of Service

House, 33rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽¹³⁾ ⁽¹⁴⁾ Legislature
1/14/1913 - 1/12/1915
Democrat
Senate, 29th ⁽⁸⁾ & 28th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹²⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1903 - 1/8/1907
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/3/1906, 2nd C.S.
House, 26th ⁽²⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ Legislature
1/10/1899 - 1/8/1901
Democrat
House, 25th Legislature
1/12/1897 - 1/10/1899
Democrat

(1) District 44, composed of Dallas County, shall elect four Representatives, Acts 1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st C.S. ch. 10, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) FRANKFORD, TEXAS. "Frankford was nine miles northwest of Richardson in extreme southwestern Collin County . . . The city of Dallas annexed the area in 1975 . . ."
CROTON, TEXAS. "Croton is on Farm Road 2470 and a branch of Little Croton Creek, eight miles northeast of Dickens in north central Dickens County. The settlement, originally named Frankfort, was established around 1888 and served as a community center for the surrounding area." Handbook of Texas Online .
Handbook of Texas Online
(3) RENNER, TEXAS. "Renner, east of State Highway 289 in southwestern Collin County . . . A post office was established in 1888 . . . After 1977 the Texas Almanac no longer listed it as an independent community, and by 1983 Renner had been incorporated into the city of Dallas." Handbook of Texas Online .
(4) Renner. House Journal .
(5) Richardson, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6) Dallas, Dallas County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(7) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(8) 29th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(9) Dallas County. Senate Journal .
(10) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(11) Frankfort [sic]. Texas Legislative Manual .
(12) W.C. McKamy, postoffice Dallas, Dallas County. Texas Legislative Manual .
(13) Dallas. Texas Legislative Manual .
(14) Two listings for Renner, in Collin and Denton counties. Texas Towns Database (Texas Almanac) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 2nd C.S., 2/21/1934, p. 356. Born in Renner, in Dallas County. Resolutions - Memorial .
43rd Legislature, 2nd C.S., SR 19, 2/21/1934, p. 223. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. W.C. McKamy, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.C. McKamy, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.C. McKamy, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.C. McKamy, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.C. McKamy, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, "McKamy Funeral to Be at Country Home Thursday," 2/21/1934, p. 5: "McKamy was born on the same farm where he lived when he died." "Lawmakers of Texas Honor W.C. McKamy," 2/22/1934, p. 8. Dallas Morning News .
Census of 1900 - William C. McKamy, Dallas County, age 38, born June 1861 in Texas, farm laborer; son of William McKamy, age 76, born August 1823 in Tennessee, farmer. FamilySearch .
William Cooper McKamy, birth date 6/25/1861 in Dallas, death date 2/20/1934 in Dallas, burial in Renner, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Obituary, "W.C. McKamy, Prominent Dallas County Citizen, Died Last Tuesday," The Grand Prairie Texan, 2/23/1934, p. 7. NewspaperARCHIVE.com .
Mentioned in biographical sketch of father, Captain William C. McKamy. Jackson, George, Sixty Years in Texas, Dallas, Texas, 1908, pp. 138-140. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
"Candidates for Speakership," 10/11/1912. "William C. McKamy of Renner, Dallas County . . ." Wichita Daily Times .