Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Levi Douglass

Full Name: William Levi Douglass
Other surnames: Douglas
Birth date: May 31, 1853
Death date: February 12, 1913

Terms of Service

Senate, 20th ⁽⁶⁾ & 19th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1885 - 1/8/1889
Democrat
House, 18th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
House, 17th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Democrat

(1) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885 1885.
(2) Douglas elected as a democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(6) 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) .
(7) 19th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/13/1885, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(8) Roster lists name Wm. L. Douglass. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

33rd Legislature, R.S., 3/31/1913, p. 1944. Died during the month of February 1913. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. W.L. Douglass, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.L. Douglass, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.L. Douglass, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.L. Douglas, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Other Resources

Census of 1880 - William L. Douglass, Liberty, Liberty County, age 27, born circa 1853 in Mississippi, farmer and lawyer. FamilySearch . 1880
W.L. Douglass, birth date 5/31/1853 in Westville, Mississippi; death date 2/13/1912 [sic]; burial in Liberty City Cemetery, Liberty, Liberty County. Find a Grave .
Death notice, W.L. Douglas [sic], 2/13/1913, p. 15. Death date 2/12/1913. Houston Chronicle .
Biographical sketch, W.L. Douglass, p. 77. Born 1853 in Mississippi, lawyer. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Biographical sketch, William Levi Douglass, p. 73. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
Biographical sketch, W.L. Douglass, p. 249. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
Obituary, W.L. Douglass, "Judge Douglass Dead," 2/14/1913. Died Wednesday, 2/12/1913, in Houston, buried in Liberty city cemetery. Moved to Liberty from Mississippi at age 14 and resided in Liberty and Beaumont. The Liberty Vindicator .