Terms of Service

• House, 22nd ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
  Democrat
  

(1) District 22 comprised of Lamar and Fannin counties; District 67 comprised of Colorado county; District 79 comprised of Llano, San Saba, Concho, McCulloch, Coleman, and Runnels counties, p. 11, Acts 1882, 17th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) House roster shows W.L. Adkins representing District 67, p. 1088. House Journal .
(3) Shows W.L. Adkins representing District 22, Coleman county; home post office Columbus [in Colorado county]. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• W.L. Adkins, birth date 10/18/1859, death date 9/12/1920, burial in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County. Find a Grave .
• Portrait and biographical sketch, William Lucius Adkins, pp. 337-338. Born 10/18/1859 near Osage, Texas; married Jennie Bowers 1/15/1879. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
• Death notice, Judge W.L. Adkins, San Antonio Express, 9/16/1920, dateline Columbus, Tex., Sept. 14, "one time Representative of Colorado County in the Legislature," died Sunday night (Sept. 12).
  Obituary, William Lucius Adkins, "W.L. Adkins Passed Away," La Grange Journal, 9/23/1920, p. 3, from The Columbus Citizen, crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives. Birth date 10/18/1959, death date "last Sunday night, about ten o'clock," Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . 9/23/1920 9/16/1920

Committee Information

• 22nd R.S. - 1891
• Civil Courts of Appeal, Locations for Holding  
• Constitutional Amendment to Judiciary Article  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Jefferson Davis  
• Judicial Districts  
• Penitentiaries  
• Public Lands and Land Office  
• Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries