Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Morton Brown

Full Name: William Morton Brown
Birth date: February 23, 1839
Death date: August 2, 1902

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. Wm. M. Brown, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Biographical sketch in "State Senators Elect: Personal Sketches Completed - Seventeen Lawyers, Seven Grangers, Two Doctors, One Editor and Four Colored Politicians - the Political Structure of the New Senate of Texas," 3/3/1876, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
BROWN, WILLIAM M. (1838-1902). Born 1838. Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant in Rock Bridge Artillery Company. Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary, "Col. W.M. Brown Dead," Austin Daily Statesman, 8/3/1902, p. 4. Former Comptroller under Governor Roberts. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, pp. 35-37. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 246. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
Confederate States Army, Pendleton's Battery, served in Army of Northern Virginia. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
Brown, William Morton. Texas State Cemetery .