Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William M. 'Buckskin' Williams

Full Name: William M. "Buckskin" Williams
Birth date: March 28, 1809
Death date: September 8, 1859

Terms of Service

House, 6th ⁽³⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislature
11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
Senate, 4th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
House, 3rd ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
11/5/1849 - 11/3/1851
Senate, 2nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislature
12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849
Senate, 1st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ Legislature
2/16/1846 - 12/13/1847

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(3) No indication of Williams of Lamar being sworn in House. First shows up in record vote, 11/27/1855, p. 116. House Journal .
(4) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(6) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(7) 2nd Legislature - Roll of Districts, oath of office, 12/13/1847, p. 3. Senate Journal .
(8) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal .
(9) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal .
(10) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Identified as House committee member, 1/11/1856, p. 330, "A message was received from the House, informing the Senate of the appointment of . . . Williams, of Lamar, . . . a select committee to act in conjunction with a like committee from the Senate, on the memorial of Gen. Thos. J. Chambers." Senate Journal .
(11) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

Biographical sketch, pp. 191-192. "Served in the first four State Legislatures, 1846-53, representing Fannin and Lamar in the Senate of all except the 3rd, when he was a member of the House. Re-elected to the 6th Legislature, 1855-56, he was again in the Senate [sic]." Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845 1942.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM M. (1809-1859). "Represented Fannin and Lamar counties in the House of the 3rd Legislature and in the Senate of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th [sic] Legislatures." Handbook of Texas Online .
Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6. Paris News .
Biographical notes, p. 170. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.