Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Wiley Mangum Imboden

Full Name: Wiley Mangum Imboden
Birth date: April 6, 1861
Death date: February 3, 1921

Terms of Service

Senate, 23rd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/10/1893 - 11/11/1893
Democrat

(1) Term end date estimated. "District Attorney Resigns," 11/14/1893, p. 3; "Dist. Attorney Imboden: Wiley Mangum Pulls Down a Desirable Appointment," 11/15/1893, p. 5. Appointed by Governor as Cherokee district attorney (dateline: Nov. 11). Galveston Daily News .
(2) Imboden resigned after session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 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
(4) 24th Legislature - Message from the Governor, 1/12/1895, p. 10. Nomination of W.M. Imboden, District Attorney Second Judicial District. Appointed 11/14/1893. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

37th Legislature, R.S., Simple Resolution 43, 2/7/1921, p. 287. Resolutions - Memorial .

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, Wiley Mangum Imboden, Volume III, pp. 1275-1276. Born 4/6/1861, District Attorney from 1893-1896 for counties of Cherokee, Angelina, Nacogdoches, Shelby, San Augustine, and Sabine. A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Obituary, "Newspaper Man-Lawyer Dies at Home in Alto," 2/5/1921, p. 9 (dateline Feb. 4). Born 1864. Galveston Daily News .
"Imboden Says No: He Will Not Run for Congress on His Hog Law Record," 10/7/1893, p. 5. Mentions Representative Townsend of Angelina as "legitimate parent" of law making theft of a hog a felony. Galveston Daily News .
Biographical sketch, "Lawmakers of Texas: Something about Men Who Left Records at Austin: Cranford, Bowser, Simpson, Atlee, Imboden, Steele, Greer and Douglass. Their Personal and Political Points," 8/27/1893, p. 13. Galveston Daily News .
Biographical sketch, Wiley Mangum Imboden, pp. 673-674. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1890.
Biographical sketch, pp. 93-94. Journal Clerk of the Senate, 19th Legislature. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Biographical sketch. Officers of the House: Wiley Mangum Imboden, Chief Clerk, 21st Legislature. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.