Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Edward Chambers

Full Name: Edward "Ed" Chambers
Other surnames: Chambert
Birth date: August 14, 1815
Death date: September 27, 1887

Terms of Service

House, 18th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 9/17/1883
Democrat
House, 15th Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat
House, 13th Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat
House, 11th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
8/6/1866 - 2/7/1870

(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Robert D. Allison, in special election 12/4/1883, sworn 1/8/1884, succeeded Edward Chambers, resigned 9/17/1883. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Ed. Chambert, Collin County. House Journal . 15th R.S.

Photographs

Photograph. E. Chambers, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. Ed. Chambers, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
Photograph. Ed. Chambers, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E. Chambers, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Ed. Chambers, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.D. Chambers, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Edward Chambers, birth date 8/14/1815, death date 9/27/1887, biographical sketch, portraits, burial in Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Plano, Collin County. Find a Grave .
Ed. Chambers, "Ready to make laws . . . Eighty members present (House)" (organization of the 15th Legislature), 4/19/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
CHAMBERS, EDWARD (1815-1887). Handbook of Texas Online .
Texas State Troops, Colonel, Company D, 15th Battalion. Handbook of Texas Online .
Death notice, Col. Ed. Chambers, The Democrat (McKinney, Texas), 9/29/1887, p. 3, crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Ed. Chambers, pp. 115-116. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical sketch, Ed. Chambers, pp. 255-256. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
Colonel Edward Chambers, mentioned in biographical sketch of great-grandson Bill Chambers, Volume 2, p. 85. ". . .Colonel Edward Chambers who was a member of the Texas State Legislature in 1886. He was one of the signers of the present Texas Constitution." Tom Green County: Chronicles of Our Heritage 2003.