Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Louis P. Wilson

Full Name: Louis P. Wilson
Birth date: April 3, 1851
Death date: October 5, 1926

Terms of Service

House, 31st ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/12/1909 - 1/10/1911
Democrat
House, 30th Legislature
1/8/1907 - 1/12/1909
Democrat
House, 23rd Legislature
1/10/1893 - 1/8/1895
Democrat
House, 22nd Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat
House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 18th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture) 1910.
(3) District 14 - L.P. Wilson, District 15 - W.J. Cavin. House Journal .
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(5) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(6) Roster shows Wilson represented the 14th district; bio shows the 15th. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

39th Legislature, 1st C.S., 10/8/1926, p. 1388. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. L.P. Wilson, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. L.P. Wilson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.P. Wilson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.P. Wilson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.P. Wilson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.P. Wilson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Judge L.P. Wilson, birth date 4/3/1851 in Marshall; death date 10/5/1926 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Louis P. Wilson, birth date 4/3/1851, death date 10/5/1926, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County. Includes reprint of obituary in Dallas Morning News, 10/6/1926. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "L.P. Wilson Rites in Marshall Today," 10/6/1926, p. 9. Fort Worth Record-Telegram .
Obituary, L.P. Wilson, 10/6/1926, p. 3. Lewis Wilson. "He was a member of the legislature from Harrison County for several years and was instrumental in having the Separate Coach Law, now known as the Jim Crow Law and Fellow Servants bill passed in the legislature." Marshall News Messenger .
Portrait and biographical sketch, Louis P. Wilson, pp. 324-326. Born 4/3/1851 in Marshall. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Brief vignettes on members of the 30th Legislature, "Kodaks by the Chaplain," The Houston Post, 5/12/1907, p. 6, col. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, Louis P. Wilson, pp. 252-253. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.