Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Walter Richardson Holsey

Full Name: Walter Richardson Holsey
Birth date: September 3, 1867
Death date: January 19, 1941

Terms of Service

Senate, 31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ & 30th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1907 - 1/10/1911
Democrat
House, 29th Legislature
1/10/1905 - 1/8/1907
Democrat
House, 28th Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
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.
(2) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(3) 30th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1907, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(4) "Place of residence" Powell, Texas (Navarro County). Senate Journal .
(5) "Place of residence" Corsicana, Texas (Navarro County). Senate Journal .
(6) Postoffice Powell, Navarro County. Texas Legislative Manual .
(7) Postoffice Corsicana, Navarro County. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W. Holsey, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.R. Holsey, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.R. Holsey, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, "Former Legislator Died Sunday After Lingering Illness: Walter R. Holsey, Well-Known Navarro Countian, Buried Monday," 1/20/1941, pp. 1, 9. Death date 1/19/1941, native of Taylor County, Georgia, "Holsey served in the Texas Legislature, 1906-1910, and in the Texas Senate from 1910-1914." Corsicana Daily Sun .
Garitty Rifles, Spanish-American War. Obituary, 1/20/1941. Corsicana Daily Sun .
Walter R. Holsey, birth date 9/3/1867 in Georgia; death date 1/19/1941 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas; gov. position. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Walter Richardson Holsey (1867-1941), burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County. Find a Grave .
Holsey, Walter R., United States Volunteers, Spanish-American War, Call Number 401-234. Sergeant, Company I, 2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry, postoffice Powell, Texas. Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935 .
28th Legislature (1903) - Walter R. Holsey, postoffice Powell, nativity Georgia, age 35 (born circa 1868), merchant and farmer, Democrat.
30th Legislature (1907) - W.R. Holsey, Corsicana, Navarro County, nativity Georgia, merchant, Democrat, age 39 (born circa 1868). Texas Legislative Manual . 28th 30th