Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Alexander Campbell Wilmeth

Full Name: Alexander Campbell Wilmeth
Birth date: April 7, 1861
Death date: June 26, 1931

Terms of Service

House, 30th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat
House, 29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
1/10/1905 - 1/8/1907
Democrat

(1) SNYDER, TEXAS (Scurry County). "Snyder, the county seat of Scurry County, is at the junction of U.S. highways 84 and 180, eighty-seven miles southeast of Lubbock in the central part of the county. In 1884, when Scurry County was organized, Synder's settlement was chosen as the county seat." Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) Snyder, Scurry County. House Journal .
(3) Andrew C. Wilmeth, Snyder, Scurry County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Andrew C. Wilmeth, Snyder, Scurry County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Andrew C. Wilmeth, Loving County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.
(6) Andrew C. Wilmeth, Scurry County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.
(7) Snyder. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, R.S., 3/7/1933, p. 710. Death date estimated; Wilmeth died during November 1931 in California. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. A.C. Wilmeth, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.C. Wilmeth, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, A.C. Wilmeth, Volume II, pp. 436-438. Alexander Campbell Wilmeth, birth date 4/7/1861, elected to Texas Legislature in 1904. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas 1906.
Obituary, "First Lawyer of Snyder Dies in Los Angeles: A.C. Wilmeth, 70, Had Been Scurry Resident Since 1884; Wife, Two Children Survive," 7/4/1931, p. 9. Died "a few days ago at his home in Los Angeles," Scurry county attorney, district attorney, and later, state representative. Abilene Reporter-News .
Alex C. Wilmeth, California Death Index, 1905-1939, death date 6/26/1931, Los Angeles. Ancestry.com .
Census of 1910 - A.C. Wilmeth, Snyder, Scurry County, age 49, born circa 1861 in Texas, lawyer, son Lex.
Census of 1920 - A.K. Wilmeth, Snyder, Scurry County, age 55, born circa 1865 in Texas, lawyer, widowed. No Wilmeths found in Loving County. FamilySearch . 1910 1920
A. Campbell Wilmeth (1861-1931), burial in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, with spouse Mary E. Wilmeth. Find a Grave .
Article on Scurry County mentions A.C. Wilmeth began publishing the county's first newspaper, the Scurry County Citizen, in the 1880s. Handbook of Texas Online .
A.C. Wilmeth. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
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) .
Genealogy, Section 4, "Wilmoth Families in NC, TN, AR, TX, and SC...", James Ransom Wilmeth, pp. 177-179, 188. Lists son Alexander Campbell Wilmeth, born 3/7/1861 in Anna, Texas; married (1) Mary Camp and (2) Mary Wilmeth Horn; died 6/26/1931 in Los Angeles, California, "in which city he was buried" [sic p. 188, died 6/26/1936]. Wilmot-Wilmoth Wilmeth 1940.