Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Kercheval Homan

Full Name: William Kercheval Homan
Birth date: August 14, 1847
Death date: April 12, 1908

Terms of Service

Senate, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
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Senate, 16th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ Legislature
1/14/1879 - 7/9/1879
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(1) Republican, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) "The returns from Austin county, as far as heard from, show the following ahead: for . . . legislature — Cochrane, dem.; senate, Homan, rep." 11/8/1878, p. 2 Galveston Daily News .
(4) William K. Homan resigned 7/9/1879, and succeeded himself in special election 2/17/1880. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Independent Greenbacker. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(6) 16th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/14/1879, p. 3. Senate Journal .
(7) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/11/1881, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(8) 16th Legislature, 1st C.S. - William K. Homan resigned to assume duties of U.S. district attorney for the eastern district of Texas, 7/9/1879, pp. 349-350. Includes resolution and honors for Senator Homan on his resignation. Senate Journal .
(9) Independent Greenbacker. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.K. Homan, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

HOMAN, WILLIAM KERCHEVAL (1847-1908). "In 1878 he was elected to represent District Twenty, comprising Burleson, Washington, and Brazos counties, in the Senate of the Sixteenth Texas Legislature, 1879–80. After one session he tendered his resignation, but it was never acted upon. He was reelected to the Seventeenth Legislature . . . " Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary, Judge William K. Homan, The Western Light (Snyder, Texas), 4/17/1908, pp. 1, 3. Served in Texas Senate in 1878 and 1880. Death date 4/12/1908 in Colorado County. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, William Kercheval Homan, p. 245. Born 8/14/1847 in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.