Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert Vance Davidson

Full Name: Robert Vance Davidson
Birth date: July 23, 1853
Death date: July 3, 1925

Terms of Service

Senate, 28th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ & 27th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1901 - 8/6/1904
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/1/1903, Regular Session; and elected 4/2/1903, 1st C.S.

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1902 due to redistricting. Act approved Sep. 6, 1901, 27th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 6, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Davidson resigned October, 1904. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(4) 27th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. R.V. Davidson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.V. Davidson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.V. Davidson, Texas Jurists Collection

Other Resources

"Davidson Resigned: Tenders Governor Lanham His Resignation as State Senator from this District," 8/7/1904, p. 6. Reprint of resignation letter to Gov. S.W.T. Lanham dated 8/6/1904. Davidson nominated for Attorney General at state Democratic primaries. Galveston Daily News .
"Galveston Rejoices: The News of Senator Davidson's Nomination for Attorney General Enthusiastically Received," 8/4/1904, p. 12, includes biographical sketch. Galveston Daily News .
DAVIDSON, ROBERT VANCE (1853-1925). Handbook of Texas Online .
Memorial, April 1926, pp. 220-222. Texas Law Review Proceedings of the . . . Annual Meeting of the Texas Bar Association .
Biographical sketch, Robert Vance Davidson, pp. 56-59. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.