Terms of Service

• Senate, 14th ^{(1) (2) (3) (4)} Legislature
  1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
  Democrat
  

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. Remained in effect from its passage until first reapportionment after 1880 Census. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) Clinton, DeWitt County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
(3) 14th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1874, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) "Because of the adoption of the new constitution [of 1876], any member of the 14th Legislature who wished to continue to serve had to run for reelection," p. 220. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. W.R. Friend, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• FRIEND, WILLIAM R. (1832-1889). Settled at Clinton, DeWitt County in 1857; moved from Clinton to Cuero 1877. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Mentioned in Dewitt County. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Brief biographical sketch in The Descendants of Captain Thomas Friend, 1700-1760, Chesterfield County, Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia, 1961. William Robert Friend, born 4/27/1832, died 10/26/1889, State Senator, lived in Cuero, Texas. HeritageQuest Online .
• Biographical sketch, pp. 189-190. Born 4/27/1832, died 1899. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889 1999.

Committee Information

• 14th R.S. - 1874
• Blind Asylum  
• Counties and County Boundaries  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Internal Improvements  
• Judiciary  
• Mexican Border Troubles  
• Militia  
• Penitentiary  
• Printing  
• Removal of Judge J.J. Thornton, 24th Judicial District  
• Removal of Judge S.B. Newcomb, 25th Judicial District  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)