Terms of Service

• Senate, 4th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
   
  

(1) 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.
(2) Senate District 16, represented Washington, Austin, and Fort Bend counties. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(3) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• William S. Day, born 12/27/1817 in North Carolina, died 10/8/1881 in Washington County, Texas. Day Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
• Census of 1850 - W.S. Day, Washington, Washington County, age 33, born circa 1817 in North Carolina, farmer and lawyer, in household with Emiline Day.
  Census of 1860 - W.S. Day, Hempstead, Austin County, age 42, born circa 1818 in North Carolina, farmer, wife Emaline Day, child Evantha Day.
  Census of 1870 - William Day, Hempstead, Austin County, age 55, born circa 1815 in North Carolina, in household with Emiline Day.
  Census of 1880 - William S. Day, Collin County, age 64, born circa 1816 in Tennessee, in household with daughter Evantha Wood. FamilySearch . 1880 1860
1870 1850
• Mentioned, p. 210, ". . . an engineer, William S. Day, who, harbinger of the economic future, was about to go into the cattle business, but would eventually die as the result of a stampede." The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Committee Information

• 4th R.S. - 1851
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Internal Improvements  
• Printing and Contingent Expenses  
• Private Land Claims  
• Public Lands