William Ward Turney

Full Name: William Ward Turney
Date of birth: July 11, 1861
Date of death: March 23, 1939

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	25	Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903	27th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso		Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala, Foley, Buchel
S	25	Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 8, 1901	26th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 25th ⁽⁵⁾ 26th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso	Senate President Pro Tempore (26th)	Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala, Foley, Buchel
H	96	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th	Democrat	El Paso / El Paso		Brewster, El Paso, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Maverick, Pecos, Presidio, Val Verde, Foley, Buchel
H	96	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Democrat	Alpine / Brewster		Brewster, El Paso, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Maverick, Pecos, Presidio, Val Verde, Foley, Buchel

(1) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1902 due to redistricting. Act approved Sep. 6, 1901, 27th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 6, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) 27th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(3) 26th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/25/1899, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal.
(4) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(5) 25th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(6) Home city taken from House memorial resolution and Texas Legislative Manual. Home county taken from House Journal.
(7) Handbook of Texas states Turney moved to El Paso in 1892. Texas House of Representatives, a pictorial roster lists home county of El Paso. Home address of El Paso also listed in Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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Senate District 25
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district: Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala, Foley, Buchel

Senate District 25
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 8, 1901
Legislatures: 26th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 25th ⁽⁵⁾ 26th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (26th)
(26th)
(26th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district: Brewster, Coke, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, El Paso, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala, Foley, Buchel

House District 96
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso
Counties in district: Brewster, El Paso, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Maverick, Pecos, Presidio, Val Verde, Foley, Buchel

House District 96
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895
Legislatures: 23rd ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Alpine / Brewster
Counties in district: Brewster, El Paso, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Maverick, Pecos, Presidio, Val Verde, Foley, Buchel

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Resolutions and Journal entries

46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 187, 3/27/1939, pp. 1443-1444. Resolutions - Memorial.
46th Legislature, R.S., SR 49, 3/23/1939, p. 730. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Portrait and biographical sketch, pp. 57-62. Below the Escondido Rim: a History of the O2 Ranch in the Texas Big Bend, 2005.
TURNEY, WILLIAM WARD (1861-1939). Relatives: William Ward Turney and Albert Macon Turney - brothers. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, W.W. Turney, pp. 38-39. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Biographical sketch, W.W. Turney, pp. 72-73. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

Account of W.W. Turney's years in El Paso, pp. 77-80. Below the Escondido Rim: a History of the O2 Ranch in the Texas Big Bend, 2005.
"Turney Mansion Becomes Work of Art," Vol. 14, 1996. Borderlands.
Obituary and photo, "Death Takes W.W. Turney After Illness," 3/23/1939, pp. 1, 8. El Paso Herald Post.
Obituary and photo, "W.W. Turney's Funeral Today; Prominent Lawyer, Ranchman," 3/24/1939, pp. 1, 2. El Paso Times.
William Ward Turney, birth date 7/11/1861 in Marshall; death date 3/23/1939 in El Paso, El Paso County; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
William W. Turney (death 1939), portrait, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, with spouse Iva G. Turney. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. W.W. Turney, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.W. Turney, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.W. Turney, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.W. Turney, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.W. Turney, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.W. Turney, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, north wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

27th R.S. - 1901 Apportionment Constitutional Amendments Educational Affairs Finance Judiciary No. 2 (Chair) Public Health Public Lands and Land Office Rules Stock and Stock-Raising
26th R.S. - 1899 Colored Deaf, Dumb & Blind Asylum, Special Committee to Investigate Charges against Federal Relations Finance Mining and Irrigation Privileges and Elections Public Health Public Lands and Land Office Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)
25th R.S. - 1897 Federal Relations Finance Frontier Protection Insurance, Statistics and History Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Military Affairs Mining and Irrigation (Chair) Privileges and Election Public Lands Stock and Stock Raising (Chair) University of Texas Medical Branch, Special Committee to Inspect
24th R.S. - 1895 Civil Code, Special Irrigation Mining and Minerals Private Land Claims Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) Towns and City Corporations
23rd R.S. - 1893 Constitutional Amendments Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 Mining and Minerals Public Lands and Land Office Town and City Corporations

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