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William Blassingame

W. Blassingame
Full Name: William Blassingame
Birth date: January 13, 1836
Death date: 1912

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 16th (1) & 15th (2) Legislatures
    4/18/1876 - 1/11/1881
    Democrat
(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) 15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "long term" (four years). Senate Journal . April 14, 1876
April 27, 1876

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

  • Photograph. W. Blassingame, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
  • Photograph. W. Blassingame, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

  • William Blassingame, birth date 1/13/1836 in Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, died 1912 in Grayson County, Texas. Spouse Etta S. Armstrong, married 1865 in Grayson County. Residence in Grayson County (1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910). Grimes-Cross-Jones Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1880 - William Blasingame, Grayson County, age 44, born circa 1836 in South Carolina, laborer, wife Etta S.
    Census of 1900 - W. Blasengame, Grayson County, age 64, born January 1836 in South Carolina, doctor, wife Ella S.
    Census of 1910 - William Blassingame, Grayson County, age 74, born circa 1836 in South Carolina, farmer, wife Etta S. FamilySearch . 1910 1900
    • 1880
  • Biographical sketch, pp. 21-22. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
  • Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin) 2009.
  • Biographical sketch, p. 242. Born 1/13/1836 in Greenville, South Carolina. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
  • Confederate States Army, Private, entered in May 1861. Assistant surgeon in General McCulloch's Missouri campaign; at the re-organization, transferred to the Indian Department; served as assistant surgeon until the surrender. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
  • Biographical sketch, p. 221. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.
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