Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Charles Osborne James

Full Name: Charles Osborne James
Birth date: December 18, 1860
Death date: December 6, 1931

Terms of Service

Senate, 27th ⁽²⁾ & 26th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1899 - 1/13/1903
Democrat
House, 23rd Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat

(1) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(2) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. C.O. James, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.O. James, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. C.O. James, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.O. James, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Obituary, Charles O. James, "Charles O. Jones [sic], 71, Former Senator, Dies," 12/7/1931, section II, p. 8. Dallas Morning News .
Census of 1900 - C.O. James, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, age 39, born December 1860 in Texas, lawyer-State Senator, spouse Ida. FamilySearch .
Chas. O. James, birth date 12/18/1861 or 12/18/1862 in Hopkins County, age 71 or 72 years, death date 12/6/1931 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Charles Osborne James (1860-1931), burial in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery, Hopkins County. Includes reprint of obituary in Dallas Morning News, 12/7/1931. Find a Grave .
Charles O. James. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
27th Legislature (1901) - C.O. James, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, nativity Texas, lawyer, Democrat, age 40 (born circa 1861). Texas Legislative Manual .
Biographical sketch, Charles O. James, pp. 66-67. Born 12/18/1860 in Hopkins County. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.