Terms of Service

• House, 29th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  3/26/1906 - 1/8/1907
  Democrat
  

(1) 29th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 3/26/1906, p. 2. Notice of vacancies in the House due to resignations of Hon. W.B. Ware and Hon. A.L. Sharpe and deaths of Hon. J.D. Woods and Hon. Lon A. Hagan; elections and oaths of office of Thos. B. Peareson, Charles Davis, Jr., J.R. Bowman, and W.J. Mathis, sworn 3/26/1906. House Journal .
(2) William J. Mathis, in special election 2/3/1906, succeeded James D. Woods, died 10/16/1905. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, Judge W.J. Mathis, Volume III, p. 1190. Born 2/9/1870, parents Lewis and Susan Mathis, served as member of 29th Legislature, married Miss Mary Feild 12/21/1898. "Active worker in the Democratic party." A History of Texas and Texans 1914.
• Obituary, "District Judge W.J. Mathis is Dead at Sherman," 7/2/1914, p. 6. District Judge W.J. Mathis, died at 43 years old (born ca. 1871), special district court judge of Grayson County. Daily Advocate (Victoria, Texas) .
• Census of 1900 - Wm. J. Mathis, Denison, Grayson County, born February 1870 in Georgia, lawyer, spouse Mary M. FamilySearch .
• William John Mathis, birth date 2/7/1868 in Marion County, Georgia; death date 6/30/1914 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas; attorney, parents Lewis and Susan Mathis. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
• William J. Mathis (1867-1914), burial in Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Grayson County. Find a Grave .
• McClain-Feild Family, marriage announcement of Will J. Mathis and Mary McClain Feild in The Denison Gazetteer, 12/25/1898; biographical sketch and two portraits of William John Mathis. Grayson County, TXGenWeb Project .

Committee Information

• 29th R.S. - 1905
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
• State Affairs  
• State Asylums