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Peter Radford

Peter Radford
Full Name: Peter Radford
Birth date: March 3, 1851
Death date: December 1, 1918

Terms of Service

  • House, 24th (1) (2) (3) Legislature
    1/8/1895 - 1/12/1897
    Populist
(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(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) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Peter Radford, birth date 3/3/1851 in Staunton, Virginia; death date 12/1/1918 in Madison, Wisconsin, burial in Whitt Cemetery, Whitt, Parker County. Includes portraits and reprint of obituary in Arlington Journal, 12/13/1918. Find a Grave .
  • Obituary, "Peter Radford Dead," The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Texas), 12/3/1918, p. 3. "He represented Parker county in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth legislatures, being elected on the Populist ticket."
    "Tribute to Peter Radford," The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Texas), 12/12/1918, p. 5. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . December 12, 1918 December 3, 1918
  • Peter Radford of Whitt, Parker County, pp. 295, 318, 406, 432. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism 2020.

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