Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Thomas Armistead

Full Name: William Thomas Armistead
Other surnames: Armisted, Armstead
Birth date: October 25, 1844
Death date: September 1, 1920

Terms of Service

House, 24th Legislature
1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
Democrat
Senate, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ & 20th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislatures
1/11/1887 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 19th Legislature
1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
Democrat
House, 18th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(3) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) 20th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/11/1887, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.T. Armistead, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.T. Armistead, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.T. Armstead, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.T. Armistead, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.T. Armstead, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

W.T. Armistead, birth date 10/25/1844 in Georgia; death date 9/1/1920 in Jefferson, Marion County, Texas; attorney at law. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
W.T. Armistead, birth date 10/25/1844, death date 9/1/1920, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Marion County. Find a Grave .
ARMISTEAD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1848-1920). Birth date 10/25/1848, death date 9/1/1920. Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch, W.T. Armistead, pp. 6-7. Wm. Thomas Armistead, born 10/25/1848 in Georgia. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, W.T. Armistead, p. 66. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Biographical sketch, W.T. Armistead, pp. 165-166. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Confederate States Army, Captain. "In 1864 he enlisted in the Confederate army as a private and participated in the engagement around Atlanta, and was wounded at the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, and made a prisoner at Gerard Aba in the closing scenes of the war. He had, however, been promoted and commissioned Captain before he was captured." Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Biographical sketch, p. 253. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
Biographical sketch, pp. 359, 362. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.