Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Alfred William Morris

Full Name: Alfred William Morris
Birth date: January 10, 1846
Death date: June 25, 1925

Terms of Service

Senate, 28th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/13/1903 - 1/10/1905
Democrat
House, 27th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
Democrat
House, 26th Legislature
1/10/1899 - 1/8/1901
Democrat
House, 25th Legislature
1/12/1897 - 1/10/1899
Democrat

(1) Montgomery, Texas. House Journal .
(2) Willis, Montgomery County. 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 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(4) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) Montgomery. Texas Legislative Manual .
(6) Montgomery. Year Book for Texas, 1901 1902.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. A.W. Morris, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.W. Morris, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.W. Morris, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.W. Morris, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County 1930.
A.W. Morris, birth date 1/10/1845 in Montgomery, Texas; death date 6/25/1925 in Galveston, Galveston County; father A.W. Morris from Mississippi; burial in Palestine, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
A.W. Morris, birth date 1/10/1846, death date 6/25/1925, burial in Palestine City Cemetery, Palestine, Anderson County. Includes photos, obituary from Galveston Daily News 6/26/1925. Find a Grave .
"Former Representative, Pioneer Texan, Dies Here," Friday, 6/26/1925, p. 2; "Tribute is Paid to Pioneer Texan," 7/12/1925, p. 10. Born 1846, died 6/25/1925. Children include A.W. Morris Jr. of Conroe. Made Sheriff of Montgomery County in 1871 at age 24. Galveston Daily News .
Confederate States Army. Description of enlistment at 15 years of age by his father's side, discharge after his father was seriously wounded near Bowling Green, Kentucky, then his reenlistment in the company commanded by Dixon H. Lewis, serving in Texas until the end of the war. "Tribute is Paid to Pioneer Texan," 7/12/1925, p. 10. Galveston Daily News .
Biographical sketch of Alfred William Morris included in article on his son, Alfred William Morris, Jr., Texas Under Many Flags, 1930, Volume V, pp. 174-175. Alfred William Morris born 1846 in Newton County, died "at age of eighty years." (Created 3/2/2010.) HeritageQuest Online .
Alfred W. Morris. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Brief biographical sketch, A.W. Morris, p. 148. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
Confederate States Army, Terry's Rangers and Capt. R.S. Pool's detached company. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
Brief biographical sketch, Alfred W. Morris. Born 1/10/1846 in Newton County. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.