Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Ward Turney

Full Name: William Ward Turney
Birth date: July 11, 1861
Death date: March 23, 1939

Terms of Service

Senate, 27th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/8/1901 - 1/13/1903
Democrat
Senate, 26th ⁽⁵⁾ & 25th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/12/1897 - 1/8/1901
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/25/1899, Regular Session; and 1st C.S.
House, 24th Legislature
1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
Democrat
House, 23rd ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat

(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) Home city taken from House memorial resolution and Texas Legislative Manual. Home county taken from House Journal .
(3) Handbook of Texas states Turney moved to El Paso in 1892. Texas House of Representatives, a pictorial roster lists home county of El Paso. Home address of El Paso also listed in Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(6) 27th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 187, 3/27/1939, pp. 1443-1444. Resolutions - Memorial .
46th Legislature, R.S., SR 49, 3/23/1939, p. 730. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. W.W. Turney, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.W. Turney, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. W.W. Turney, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.W. Turney, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.W. Turney, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.W. Turney, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Portrait and biographical sketch, pp. 57-62. Below the Escondido Rim: a History of the O2 Ranch in the Texas Big Bend 2005.
Account of W.W. Turney's years in El Paso, pp. 77-80. Below the Escondido Rim: a History of the O2 Ranch in the Texas Big Bend 2005.
"Turney Mansion Becomes Work of Art," Vol. 14, 1996. Borderlands .
Obituary and photo, "Death Takes W.W. Turney After Illness," 3/23/1939, pp. 1, 8. El Paso Herald Post .
Obituary and photo, "W.W. Turney's Funeral Today; Prominent Lawyer, Ranchman," 3/24/1939, pp. 1, 2. El Paso Times .
William Ward Turney, birth date 7/11/1861 in Marshall; death date 3/23/1939 in El Paso, El Paso County; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
William W. Turney (death 1939), portrait, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, with spouse Iva G. Turney. Find a Grave .
TURNEY, WILLIAM WARD (1861-1939). Relatives: William Ward Turney and Albert Macon Turney - brothers. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, W.W. Turney, pp. 38-39. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
Biographical sketch, W.W. Turney, pp. 72-73. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.