Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Sidney Coleman

Full Name: William Sidney Coleman
Birth date: October 10, 1841
Death date: June 12, 1880

Terms of Service

House, 16th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/14/1879 - 6/12/1880
Democrat
House, 15th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
Democrat

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. 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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.S. Coleman, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

William S. Coleman, Marshall lawyer and Democratic politician, pp. 311-313; "redemption" election of 1878, pp. 350, 353; railroad subsidy issue, pp. 327, 357-358. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880 1983.
William Sidney Coleman, birth date 10/10/1841, death date 6/12/1880, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County. Includes death notices from Marshall Tri-Weekly Herald, 6/12/1880 and 6/15/1880, and Louisiana Democrat (Alexandria, Louisiana), 6/16/1880; and marriage announcement in The Galveston Daily News, 4/22/1869. Find a Grave .
Account of death. "Fatal Difficulty," The Galveston Daily News, 6/12/1889, p. 1. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical sketch, William Sidney Coleman, p. 272. Birth date 10/10/1841. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
Confederate States Army, Company A, 3rd Texas Cavalry. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.