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William Bye Whitacre

W.B. Whitacre
Full Name: William Bye Whitacre
Birth date: June 6, 1829
Death date: April 25, 1910

Terms of Service

  • House, 24th (1) (2) 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) 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

Resolutions and Journal entries

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Erath County, Texas State Troops. Military grave marker, W.B. Whitacre, birth date 6/6/1829, death date 4/25/1910. Find a Grave .
  • Biographical sketch, William Bye Whitacre, pp. 569-571. Born 6/6/1829, native of Ohio, married Miss Matilda Roberts 10/6/1851. ". . . in the fall of 1894, at the urgent solicitation of many friends, he became the candidate on the ticket of the People's party for the legislature, and was triumphantly elected." History of Texas Supplemented with Biographical Mention of Many Prominent Persons and Families of the State, Central Texas 1896.
  • William Bye Whitacre of Erath County, pp. 213, 294, 406. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism 2020.

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