Legislative Reference Library

Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Thomas Scott

W.J. Scott
Full Name: William Thomas Scott, Sr.
Birth date: December 14, 1811
Death date: November 1, 1887

Terms of Service

  • House, 17th (3) (4) (8) Legislature
    1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
    Democrat
  • House, 16th (5) (6) Legislature
    1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
    Democrat
  • Senate, 6th (14) (17) & 5th (9) (10) (16) Legislatures
    11/8/1853 - 11/2/1857
     
  • Senate, 4th (1) (2) (11) Legislature
    11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
     
  • Senate, 1st (7) (12) (13) (15) Legislature
    Elected but never sworn
     
(1) Election of 1851 - Democratic candidates William T. Scott, Dr. Joseph Taylor, and L.D. Camp of Upshur County (possibly L.B. Camp), pp. 162, 164. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880 1983.
(2) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(3) Scott elected as a democrat, p. 1, 11/17/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(4) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(5) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(6) Committee on credentials reported two claimants for the 10th district, W.T. Scott and John Hudson, and found W.T. Scott "prima facie entitled to be seated," 1/14/1879, pp. 5-6. House Journal .
(7) Edward Clark, in special election 11/1/1847, sworn in 2nd Legislature, succeeded unexpired term of William T. Scott, resigned 6/5/1847. Clark elected but never sworn in 1st Legislature. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(8) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(9) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(10) 5th Legislature - Senators elect M.M. Potter, Isaac L. Hill, William T. Scott, and James H. Durst "came forward, presented their credentials, were qualified and took their seats," 11/8/1853, p. 6. Senate Journal .
(11) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal .
(12) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal .
(13) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "second class" (4-year term). Senate Journal .
(14) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/5/1855, p. 4. Senate Journal .
(15) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.
(16) 5th Legislature - "In part due to the redistricting and the increase in the number of members, the returning senators found themselves a minority of six: James H. Armstrong, Joseph H. Burks, Rufus Doane, Hardin Hart, William T. Scott, and M.D.K. Taylor," pp. 241, 243. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.
(17) 6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, William T. Scott, age 41, native state Mississippi, emigrated from Mississippi in 1840, farmer, postoffice Marshall, Harrison County. House Journal .

Photographs

  • Photograph. W.J. Scott, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Other Resources

LRL Home | View full site