Terms of Service

• House, 18th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/9/1883 - 1/22/1883
  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.

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 .

Other Resources

• Charles Everett Gass (1855-1892), born in South Carolina, burial in Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas. Marriage 1883 to Martha "Mattie" Phillips Scott and birth of children 1884-1890 in Coryell County. Robin's Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
• C.E. Gass, marriage to Mattie Scott 7/26/1881 in Coryell County; tax assessments in Coryell County 1888 and 1891.
  Charles Everett/Evett Gass and Mattie Phillys/Martha Scott, parents of Marie Ermine Gass, born 4/4/1884 in Coryell County, and Conrad Coke Gass, born 11/26/1886 in Coryell County. FamilySearch . Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (2)
Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (1) Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910 (1891) Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910 (1888)
• C.E. Gass (1855-1892), burial in Gatesville City Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County. Find a Grave .
• Notice of contested election, Weekly Democratic Statesman, 1/11/1883, p. 4. "C.W. Cotton of Hamilton county vs. Charles E. Gass of Coryell, upon alleged irregular returns." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• No listing for Charles Gass. Texas Legislative Manual .

Committee Information

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