Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Robert Newdygate Stafford

Full Name: Robert Newdygate Stafford
Birth date: November 6, 1856
Death date: June 18, 1911

Terms of Service

Senate, 29th ⁽⁶⁾ & 28th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1903 - 1/8/1907
Democrat
Dean of the Senate.
Dean of the Senate.
Senate, 27th ⁽⁵⁾ & 26th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1899 - 1/13/1903
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/11/1899, Regular Session.
Senate, 25th ⁽³⁾ & 24th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislatures
1/21/1895 - 1/10/1899
Democrat

(1) Stafford sworn 1/21/1895. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 25th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(4) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(5) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(6) 29th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .
(7) 24th Legislature - Oath of office administered to Senator Stafford, 1/21/1895, p. 53. Senate Journal .
(8) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 1st C.S. - Memorial Service for Barry Miller, 10/10/1933, pp. 305-306. Listed as a Senator from the 26th or 27th Legislatures "among those who are now dead." Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. R.N. Stafford, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.N. Stafford, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.N. Stafford, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.N. Stafford, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.N. Stafford, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.N. Stafford, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Robert Newdygate Stafford, 1876, Lawyer, Stafford & Geddie, Mineola, Tex. Occupation and Address Register of the Graduates of Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, 1910, pp. 77-78. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935; Alvis Coleman Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
Robt. N. Stafford, birth date November 1855 [possibly 1856] in Upson County, Georgia; death date 6/18/1911 in Mineola, Wood County, Texas; lawyer and banker. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
R.N. Stafford, birth date 11/6/1856, death date 6/18/1911, burial in Cedars Memorial Gardens, Mineola, Wood County. Includes historical marker photo. Find a Grave .
Obituary, "R.N. Stafford Dead: End Came to Widely Known Texan at Mineola: Was Former State Senator, Prominent Lawyer and High in Democratic Councils," "Sorrow Expressed at Dallas," The Houston Post, 6/19/1911, p. 1. Birth date 11/6/1856, graduated from Emory College in 1876. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Historical marker, Robert N. Stafford, Mineola, Wood County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission) .
Biographical sketch, Robt. N. Stafford, pp. 56-57. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
Biographical sketch, Robert N. Stafford, p. 78. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas 1901.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Robert N. Stafford, pp. 386-387. Year Book for Texas, 1901 1902.