Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Homer A. Dotson

Full Name: Homer A. Dotson
Birth date: August 27, 1874
Death date: October 16, 1918

Terms of Service

House, 32nd Legislature
1/10/1911 - 1/14/1913
Democrat
House, 31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/12/1909 - 1/10/1911
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) CUSHING, TEXAS. "Cushing, on State Highway 204 and Farm Road 225, eighteen miles northwest of Nacogdoches in extreme northwestern Nacogdoches County, was founded in 1902 . . . " Handbook of Texas Online .
(3) Cushing. House Journal .
(4) Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Cushing. Texas Almanac and State Industrial Guide .
(6) Nacogdoches. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Homer A. Dotson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. H.A. Dotson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Homer A. Dotson, birth date 8/27/1874 in Attala, Mississippi; marriage to Lizzie Wells, 1903, in Nacogdoches County; death date 10/16/1918 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County. Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965; Dooley Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
Obituary, "Homer A. Dotson Died This Morning," 10/16/1918, p. 1. Courtesy East Texas Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State University. "Previous to his removal to Mt. Enterprise, Mr. Dotson was a citizen of Nacogdoches, and served this county in the state legislature with ability and distinction." Daily Sentinel (Nacogdoches, Texas) .
Census of 1900 - H.A. Dotson, Waco, McLennan County, age 25, born August 1874 in Mississippi, at school, son of F.A. and C.A. Dotson.
Census of 1910 - Homer A. Dotson, Justice Precinct 1, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, age 37, born circa 1873 in Mississippi, lawyer, spouse Lizzie. FamilySearch . 1910 1900
Homer A. Dotson, birth date 8/27/1874, death date 10/16/1918, burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County. Find a Grave .
32nd Legislature (1911) - Homer A. Dotson, postoffice Nacogdoches, nativity Mississippi, age 36 (born circa 1875), lawyer, 31 years in Texas, member of former legislatures: 31st, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .