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E.A. King

Full Name: E. A. King
Birth date: March 17, 1854
Death date: September 13, 1922

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 18th (1) (2) Legislature
    1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
    Democrat
(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(2) 18th Legislature, Regular Session - All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office, 1/9/1883, p. 2; resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/10/1883, pp. 5-6; drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal . January 9, 1883
January 10, 1883

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • Biographical sketch, E.A. King, p. 495, attorney. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families 1889.
  • Census of 1860 - Edward A. King, Hunt County, age 9, born circa 1851 in Texas, in household of Oswin H. King.
    Census of 1880 - E.A. King, Camp County, age 29, born circa 1851 in North Carolina, lawyer.
    Census of 1920 - Edwin A. King, Camp County, age 65, born circa 1855 in Texas, lawyer, wife Laura. FamilySearch . 1880 1920
    • 1860
  • E.A. King, birth date 3/19/1854 in Jefferson, Texas; death date 9/13/1922 in Pittsburgh, Camp County; lawyer; father Oswin King, mother Elizabeth Hawkins. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Possibly Edwin Arcadius King. John Caleb King, brother of E.A. King. Includes list of children of Oswin Holland King and Mary Ann Hawkins, "7. Edwin Arcadius King, b. March 17, 1851 in Cass County, Texas and died June 4, 1926 in Pittsburg, TX. Edwin married Laura Towns." Find a Grave .
  • E.A. King. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
  • Biographical sketch, A.E. King, p. 238. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
  • Obituary, "E.A. King Dies of Paralysis," 9/15/1922, p. 1. "He served one term in the State Senate and was the first mayor of Pittsburg." Death date 9/12/1922. The Pittsburgh Gazette .
  • Biographical sketch, E.A. King, pp. 310-311. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.
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