William Henry Crain
Full Name: William Henry Crain
Birth date: November 25, 1848
Death date: February 10, 1896
Birth date: November 25, 1848
Death date: February 10, 1896
Terms of Service
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Senate,
15th
(1)
(2)
Legislature
4/18/1876 - 8/20/1877
Democrat
(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 "short term" (two years). Senate Journal . April 18, 1876
April 27, 1876
Biographical Notes and Resources
Photographs
- Photograph. W.H. Crain, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- CRAIN, William Henry (1848-1896). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
- Report of interview with Senator Crain, a young progressive democrat, on the state of the democratic party, p. 3, 2/12/1880. Galveston Daily News .
- 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 .
- CRAIN, WILLIAM HENRY (1848-1896). Handbook of Texas Online .
- Portrait and biographical sketch, William H. Crain, pp. 55-56. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
- Biographical sketch, William H. Crain, pp. 137-138. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
- Biographical sketch, William H. Crain, Representative, Seventh Congressional District, p. 177. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 47-49. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
- Biographical sketch, William H. Crain, pp. 316-317. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.