Terms of Service

• House, 18th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  1/22/1883 - 1/13/1885
  Democrat
  

(1) Cotton unseated Charles E. Gass in election contest 1/22/1883, sworn the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 18th Legislature - "Resolved, That C.W. Cotton has been duly elected Representative to the Eighteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, from the Sixty-third Representative district, and is entitled to the seat in said Legislature now held by C.E.Gass," 1/22/1883, pp. 57-58. House Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. C.W. Cotton, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Census of 1880 - C.W. Cotton, Hamilton, Hamilton County, age 27, born circa 1853 in Texas, attorney at law.
  Census of 1900 - Cyrus W. Cotton, Hamilton County, age 48, born February 1852 in Texas, county judge.
  Census of 1920 - Cyrus W. Cotton, McLennan County, Texas, age 66, born circa 1854 in Texas. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
1920
• Judge Cyrus W. Cotton, birth date 2/19/1853 in Marion County; death date 4/9/1934 in Houston, Harris County; retired lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• Cyrus Wesley Cotton, birth date 2/19/1853, death date 4/9/1934, biographical sketch, burial in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Find a Grave .
• Obituary and photo, "Judge C.W. Cotton Had Active Part in Texas' Growth," 4/15/1934, p. 21. Houston Chronicle .
• Photograph of Hamilton Bar Association including C.W. Cotton, The Hamilton Herald-News, Hamilton County Centennial Edition, 4/3/1958, p. 33, crediting the Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Biographical sketch, p. 263. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Committee Information

• 18th R.S. - 1883
• Claims and Accounts  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Fence Cutting  
• Public Printing