Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William A. Williamson

Full Name: William A. Williamson
Birth date: 1848
Death date: February 13, 1906

Terms of Service

House, 22nd ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat
House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 20th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
1/18/1887 - 1/8/1889
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) Kimble County included in district 84. Montgomery, Walker, Trinity, and Harris Counties included in district 54, which was entitled to three representatives (Breeding, Dawson, and McComb). 17th Legislature, 1 C.S., chapter 13, (redistricting bill). General Laws of the State of Texas .
(4) JUNCTION, TX. Formerly known as Junction City. "It was originally named Denman after its surveyor, but became Junction City in 1877 and simply Junction in 1894." Handbook of Texas Online .
(5) Lists district 54 for W.A. Williamson. No one listed for district 84. House Journal .
(6) Williamson sworn 1/18/1887, unseated Joe E. Haynes in election contest the same day, p. 63. House Journal .
(7) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(8) 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.A. Williamson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Death notice, "Funeral of W.A. Williamson," 2/16/1906. W.A. Williamson, died in San Antonio Tuesday night, 2/13/1906; "For four years he represented Kimball [sic] county in the lower house at Austin." Austin Statesman .
Census of 1880 - W.A. Williamson, Kimble County, age 32, born circa 1848 in Georgia, lawyer, boarder.
Census of 1900 - W.A. Williamson, Kimble County, age 53, born February 1847 in Georgia, attorney, wife Ella E., daughters Vera, Lilla, and Willie. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
W.A. Williamson (1848-1906), burial in San Marcos Cemetery, San Marcos, Hays County. Includes death notices in The Dublin Progress, 3/2/1906; and Hays County Times & Farmers' Journal, 3/2/1906. Find a Grave .
William A. Williamson, Democrat, lawyer, age 44 in 1891, born in Georgia. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
Portrait and biographical sketch, W.A. Williamson, pp. 190-191. Born in the year 1846 in Forsythe County, Georgia, married Ella McSween of Burnet, Texas, on 2/1/1882. Name incorrectly printed as 'Williams' on sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Confederate States Army, 8th Georgia Battalion of Cavalry, assigned to duty in Florida. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Biographical sketch, William A. Williamson, p. 293. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, William A. Williamson, p. 624. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Death notice, "Texas Deaths: W.A. Williamson at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, February 13," The Houston Post, 2/14/1906, p. 8, crediting the Abilene Library Consortium. Aged 58 years. Williamson was "twenty years ago a member of the State legislature from Kimble county." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .