Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Washington Lafayette Denman

Full Name: Washington Lafayette Denman
Birth date: November 23, 1830
Death date: December 18, 1891

Terms of Service

House, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Democrat
House, 15th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat
House, 14th Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.N. Denman, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. W.L. Denman, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.L. Denman, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Mentioned in biographical sketch of son, Dr. Alexander Madison Denman, Volume IV, pp. 1638-1639. Colonel W.L. Denman, "born in Georgia and came to Angelina county in 1863 . . . A lawyer of prominence, he served in the Texas Legislature, and as a man of affairs was widely known in State politics and in business circles as well." A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
Washington Lafeyette Denman (abt. 1831-1891), Comment, Colonel Washington Lafayette Denman includes service in Legislature, account of death. Abram Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
W.L. Denman, death date 12/18/1891, burial in Walker Cemetery, Redland, Angelina County. Find a Grave .
DENMAN, WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE (1830-1891). Born 11/23/1830 in Franklin County, Georgia. Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company E, Anderson's Regiment of Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary and death notice, Colonel W.L. Denman, The Galveston Daily News, 12/22/1891, p. 1, col. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Death date 12/18/1891 in Lufkin, Angelina County; Denman was "at different times a member of the state legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, pp. 64-65. Age 45. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.