Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Brecheen Hamilton

Full Name: William Brecheen Hamilton
Birth date: August 23, 1873
Death date: August 3, 1951

Terms of Service

House, 30th Legislature
1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat
House, 29th Legislature
1/10/1905 - 1/8/1907
Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.B. Hamilton, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.B. Hamilton, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary and photo, "W.B. Hamilton Rites To Be Held Saturday," 8/4/1951, p. 3. "William Brecheen Hamilton . . . was a former member of the Texas Legislature, having served from 1905 to 1909 as a representative from Hunt County." Born 8/23/1873; died Thursday, 8/3/1951. Dallas Morning News .
Census of 1900 - William B. Hamilton, Hunt County, age 27, born August 1873 in Texas, lawyer. FamilySearch .
William Brechman [sic] Hamilton, birth date 8/23/1878 in Texas [sic, 78 years of age]; death date 8/3/1951 in Duncanville, Dallas County; attorney; burial in Little Bethel Cemetery, Duncanville. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
William B. Hamilton, birth date 8/23/1874, death date 8/2/1951, burial in Little Bethel Memorial Park, Duncanville, Dallas County. Includes reprint of obituary, "W.B. Hamilton Rites To Be Held Saturday." Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, William Brecheen Hamilton. Born 8/23/1873 at Ladonia, Fannin County. Represented Hunt County in the 29th-30th Legislatures. Davis, Ellis Arthur & Grobe, Edwin H. The Encyclopedia of Texas, Volume 2, 1922, p. 627. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, William Brecheen Hamilton, "Dallas Attorney and Cattleman Is Dead," Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger, 8/4/1951, p. 8, crediting Cooke County Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
29th Legislature (1905) - W.B. Hamilton, postoffice Commerce, nativity Texas, age 31 (born circa 1874), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .