Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Jordan Hood

Full Name: William Jordan Hood
Birth date: November 3, 1841
Death date: April 11, 1916

Terms of Service

House, 23rd Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat
House, 22nd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat
House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.J. Hood, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. W.T. Hood, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.J. Hood, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Confederate States Army, 26th Tennessee Infantry, Company A; Confederate Cavalry, Company H, 3rd Regiment; Adjutant of Cavalry Battalion; Sergeant Major, Captain and Adjutant, per widow's application. William Jordan Hood, death date 4/11/1916 in Fannin County, widow Mrs. Leila Evans Hood, marriage date 11/14/1906 in Tarrant County. Application rejected 12/30/1942. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
Biographical sketch, Hon. William J. Hood, p. 408. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
William Jourdan Hood, birth date 11/3/1841 in Tennessee; death date 4/11/1916 in Fannin County, Texas; farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
W.J. Hood, birth date 11/3/1841, death date 4/11/1916, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, Fannin County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, William J. Hood, pp. 363-364. Born 11/3/1841 in Roan County, Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Biographical sketch, William Jordan Hood, p. 216. Birth date 11/3/1841, death date 4/11/1916. Bonham Public Library. Fannin County Folks & Facts, 1977, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Confederate States Army, 26th Tennessee Infantry, Company A; transferred to 3rd Confederate Cavalry, Company H, Sergeant Major; adjutant in reorganization of Cobb and Phillips Legion into a cavalry battalion. United Daughters of the Confederacy records, biographical sketches of William Jordan Hood, Lee Deatherage, and Robert Allen Deatherage. Fannin County, TXGenWeb Project .