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James W. Truitt

J.W. Truit
Full Name: James W. Truitt
Other surnames: Truet, Truit
Birth date: November 7, 1845
Death date: August 29, 1922

Terms of Service

  • House, 23rd Legislature
    1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
    Democrat
  • House, 22nd (1) Legislature
    1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
    Democrat
  • House, 17th (2) (3) Legislature
    1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
    Democrat
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Photographs

  • Photograph. J.W. Truet, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
  • Photograph. J.W. Truit, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
  • Photograph. J.W. Truit, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

  • TRUITT, JAMES W. (1845-1922). Relatives: John H. Truitt and James W. Truitt - brothers. John H. Truitt and James W. Truitt - grandsons, James Alfred Truitt (1795-1870) - grandfather. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • James W. Truitt. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
  • J.W. Truit in 17th, postoffice Centre, Shelby County, farmer, nativity Texas, Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
  • 23rd Legislature (1893) - J.W. Truit, postoffice Center, Shelby County, farmer, nativity Texas, age 47, farmer, Democrat, member of previous legislature 17th, 22nd. Texas Legislative Manual .
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