Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Thomas Nash

Full Name: Thomas Fletcher Nash
Birth date: October 11, 1850
Death date: September 4, 1908

Terms of Service

House, 18th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
House, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Democrat

(1) "The election of J.W. Daniels and T.F. Nash, democrats, to the Legislature, is conceded," p. 1, 11/4/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Duck Creek post office closed in 1866. The community was located within the present city limits of Garland, TX. Handbook of Texas Online .
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. T.F. Nash, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. T.F. Nash, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, "The Life and Work of Judge Thomas Fletcher Nash (1850-1908)," by Elizabeth B. Willis, including notes and photos with captions and credits. Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, published by Dallas Heritage Village, The Dallas Historical Society, and The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Spring 2012 (April). Courtesy Elizabeth Barker Willis, Fort Worth. Donated Material .
Biographical sketch, Judge Thomas Fletcher Nash, by John H. Cullom, p. 34. Pace's Texas Scrap Book: Containing Gems of Thought From Bench - Bar - Pulpit - Rostrum on Religious, Political and Educational Subjects, Consisting of Sermons, Prayers, Poems, Funeral Orations and Extracts From Various Sources 1933.
Obituary, "Judge Thomas Nash is Dead: Served Two Terms as District Judge at Dallas," 9/5/1908, p. 6. San Antonio Daily Express .
Biographical sketch, Thomas Fletcher Nash, p. 257. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.