Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William Harrison Getzendaner

Full Name: William Harrison Getzendaner
Other surnames: Getzendanner
Birth date: May 14, 1834
Death date: May 3, 1909

Terms of Service

Senate, 19th ⁽¹⁾ & 18th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/10/1883 - 1/11/1887
Democrat

(1) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885 1885.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(3) 18th Legislature, Regular Session - All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office, 1/9/1883, p. 2; resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/10/1883, pp. 5-6; drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal . January 9, 1883
January 10, 1883
(4) 18th Legislature, Regular Session - W.H. Pope and William Getzendaner sworn 1/10/1883, p. 5. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W.H. Getzendaner, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.H. Getzendaner, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

W.H. Getzendaner (1834-1909), burial in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Ellis County. Includes portrait, death notice. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, W.H. Getzendaner, p. 80. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant, Company E, 12th Texas Cavalry. Later "assigned to duty as Quartermaster of the regiment with the rank and pay of Captain." Adjutant General, Parsons' Cavalry Brigade. Biographical sketch, Memorial and Biographical History of Ellis County, Texas, 1892, pp. 281-284, crediting the Dallas Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, "Death Comes to Another Pioneer: Captain W.H. Getzendaner Passes Peacefully Away Early Monday Morning: First Mayor of the City: Organized the Corporation and Set in Motion the Municipal Machinery. Served Four Years in the State Senate," The Waxahachie Daily Light, 5/4/1909, pp. 1, 3. Death date Monday morning, 5/3/1909.
Funeral and memorial resolutions of the district court, "The Last Tribute of Respect: Hundreds of Citizens Attend Funeral of Capt. W.H. Getzendaner," The Waxahachie Daily Light, 5/5/1909, p. 3.
Obituary, "Getzendaner Dies: Prominent Citizen of Texas Departs This Life," Cooper Review, 5/7/1909, p. 8, crediting Delta County Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) . 5/7/1909 5/4/1909

5/5/1909

William Harrison Getzendaner, birth date 5/14/1834, death date 5/5/1909. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
Biographical sketch, pp. 243-244. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Captain W.H. Getzendanner, pp. 186-187. Born 5/14/1834 in Frederick County, Maryland. The Encyclopedia of the New West 1881.