Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Bluford Washington Brown

Full Name: Bluford Washington Brown
Birth date: January 31, 1831
Death date: February 9, 1897

Terms of Service

House, 16th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
Democrat
House, 14th Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat
House, 13th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/17/1873 - 1/13/1874
Democrat

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Bluford W. Brown, sworn 1/17/1873, took the seat of Edward Sharp, withdrew from election contest the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. B.W. Brown, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. B.W. Brown, State Preservation Board
Photograph. B.W. Brown, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

B.W. Brown, birth date 1/31/1831, death date 2/9/1897, photos, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Longview, Gregg County. Find a Grave .
BROWN, BLUFORD WASHINGTON (1831-1897). Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, Captain and Commander, Company G, 44th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Handbook of Texas Online .
Obituary, Hon. B.W. Brown, Longview, Tex., Feb. 9, The Galveston Daily News, 2/12/1897, p. 5, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Brown was "the first representative of Gregg county when it was organized in 1874, and a member of Thirteenth and Fourteenth Legislatures." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Bluford Washington Brown, pp. 256-257. Birth date 1/31/1832. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
Biographical sketch, Captain Bluford W. Brown, pp. 499-500. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.