Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Silas R. Crawford

Full Name: Silas R. Crawford
Birth date: March 9, 1846
Death date: September 12, 1932

Terms of Service

House, 30th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/17/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat
House, 28th Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
House, 27th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
4/5/1901 - 1/13/1903
Democrat

(1) Hon. S.R. Crawford Takes Oath of Office, 1/17/1907, p. 136. House Journal .
(2) Silas R. Crawford, sworn 1/17/1907, succeeded R.P. Dimmitt, died 12/9/1906. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Silas R. Crawford, sworn 4/5/1901, succeeded A.T. Gay, died 2/28/1901. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 28th and 30th Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

42nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., 9/15/1932, p. 262. Resolutions - Memorial .
42nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., Senate Simple Resolution 19, 9/14/1932, p. 174. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. S.R. Crawford, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.R. Crawford, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.R. Crawford, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, "S.R. Crawford, Wealthy Graham Cattleman, Dies," 9/13/1932, pp. 1, 4. Dallas Morning News .
Silas R. Crawford, birth date 3/9/1846 in Virginia; death date 9/12/1932 in Dallas, Dallas County; retired capitalist, cattleman, banker. Street address in Graham, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Silas R. Crawford (1846-1932), burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Graham, Young County. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "Pioneer Young County Citizen Buried Wednesday," 9/16/1932, p. 1. Capt. S.R. Crawford died in a Dallas hospital Monday night, 9/12/1932. Olney Enterprise (Olney, Texas) .
Crawford, Silas R., Texas House of Representatives, 1901-08. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Graham. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries .
Brief vignettes on members of the 30th Legislature, "Kodaks by the Chaplain," The Houston Post, 5/12/1907, p. 6, col. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Brief biographical sketch, Silas R. Crawford, p. 201. Born 3/9/1847 in Wayne County, West Virginia. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.