W.C. Dalrymple

William Cornelius Dalrymple

Full Name: William Cornelius Dalrymple
Date of birth: August 3, 1814
Date of death: March 29, 1898

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 27 Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 11th (1) (2) (3)     Georgetown / Williamson   Bell, Burnet, Lampasas, Milam, Williamson
H 48 Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 7th (4)     Georgetown / Williamson   Burnet, Williamson
H 48 Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857 6th (5)     Georgetown / Williamson   Burnet, Williamson

(1) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal.
(2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(4) Listed in "Representatives Elected: Opposition." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(5) Included "[a]mong 1855 legislators that this writer has positively identified as Know Nothings." The party was active in Texas at the state level between 1855 and 1857. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414, 416-417, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Senate District 27
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
Legislatures: 11th (1) (2) (3)  
Home City/County: Georgetown / Williamson
Counties in district: Bell, Burnet, Lampasas, Milam, Williamson
House District 48
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th (4)  
Home City/County: Georgetown / Williamson
Counties in district: Burnet, Williamson
House District 48
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
Legislatures: 6th (5)  
Home City/County: Georgetown / Williamson
Counties in district: Burnet, Williamson

(1) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal.
(2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(4) Listed in "Representatives Elected: Opposition." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(5) Included "[a]mong 1855 legislators that this writer has positively identified as Know Nothings." The party was active in Texas at the state level between 1855 and 1857. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414, 416-417, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: W.C. Dalrymple, Georgetown, Williamson County, nativity North Carolina, farmer, age 52 in 1866 (born circa 1814). Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

  • Colonel of Cavalry and Commander in Chief of the Texas militia, conferred by Governor Sam Houston, 10/10/1860. Confederate States Army, Private, Arkansas, 1862. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together With a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, p. 698. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Texas State Troops, Colonel. William Cornelius Dalrymple. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.

Other Resources

Photographs

  • Photograph. W.C. Dalrymple, 11th Legislature, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

11th R.S. - 1866
Privileges and Elections (Chair) 
7th R.S. - 1857
County Boundaries  
Judicial Districts  
Penitentiary  
6th R.S. - 1855
County and County Boundaries  
Indian Affairs  
Military Affairs  

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