Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Lewis Darwin

Full Name: James Lewis Darwin
Birth date: February 10, 1853
Death date: August 18, 1928

Terms of Service

Senate, 25th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ & 24th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1895 - 1/10/1899
Populist

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Darwin attended only last day of Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) 24th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) First Day, 1/12/1897, pp. 1-3 - Darwin not listed in roll call of hold-over Senators or Senators-elect or Afternoon Session; Second Day, 1/13/1897, p. 5 - Darwin is listed in the roll call. Senate Journal .
(6) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.L. Darwin, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.L. Darwin, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, James L. Darwin, Delta County, Texas. Portions adapted from Delta County History 1870-1991. Ancestry.com .
Biographical sketch, James L. Darwin, pp. 231-232. Born 2/10/1853 in Rhea County, Tennessee. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
James L. Darwin, birth date 2/10/1853 in Rhea, Tennessee; death date 8/18/1928 in Cooper, Delta County, Texas; banker; parents Thomas C. Darwin and Eliza M. Collins. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
DARWIN, JAMES LEWIS (1853-1928). Relatives: James Lewis Darwin, father; Henry Lewis Darwin, son. Handbook of Texas Online .
Brief biographical sketch, J.L. Darwin, p. 62. Born 2/10/1853 near Rhea Springs (Spring City), Rhea County, Tennessee; Populist. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
James Lewis Darwin, pp. 295, 302, 320. "The only Populist legislator known to have been a Republican prior to Populism." The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism 2020.