Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Woodson Heard Browning

Full Name: Woodson Heard Browning
Birth date: September 13, 1848
Death date: February 3, 1940

Terms of Service

Senate, 23rd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat
House, 22nd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal . January 10, 1893
January 11, 1893

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.H. Browning, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Confederate States Army, McNelly Company of Scouts, Green's Texas Cavalry Brigade, according to soldier's application and witness affidavits. Woodson Heard Browning, death date 2/3/1940 in Reeves County, widow Mrs. W.H. Browning, marriage date 5/9/1872 in Travis County. Pension File Nos. 47157 (W.H. Browning) and 51929 (Woodson Heard Browning), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. W.H. Browning, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970. Ancestry.com .
"Confederate Vet Dies in Pecos," 2/5/1940, p. 9. Died at home Saturday (2/3/1940). Served as district attorney, state legislator, and state senator. El Paso Herald Post .
Woodson Heard Browning, birth date 9/13/1848 in Brenham, death date 2/3/1940 in Pecos, Reeves County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Confederate States Army, Private, McNelly's Scouts Cavalry. Military grave marker, W.H. Browning. Woodson Heard Browning (1848-1940), portrait, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, Lampasas County. Find a Grave .
23rd Legislature (1893) - W.H. Browning, Lampasas, age 44 (born circa 1849), lawyer, 44 years in Texas, member of previous legislatures: 22nd, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .