Texas Legislators: Past & Present

William C. Edwards

Full Name: William C. Edwards
Birth date: 1823
Death date: 1856

Terms of Service

Senate, 5th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
House, 4th Legislature
11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
House, 2nd ⁽³⁾ Legislature
12/13/1847 - 11/5/1849
House, 1st ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
2/16/1846 - 12/13/1847

(1) Republican. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(2) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(3) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) 5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Wm. C. Edwards, age 30, native state Louisiana, emigrated from Louisiana in 1838, planter, postoffice San Augustine, San Augustine County. House Journal .

Other Resources

William C. Edwards, born 1823 in Louisiana, died 1856 in San Augustine, Texas. Petition for probate of the will of Wm. C. Edwards filed 8/25/1856 in San Augustine County, state of Texas. Edwards Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
Census of 1850 - Wm. C. Edwards, San Augustine, San Augustine County, age 26, born circa 1824 in Louisiana, farmer, in household in Sarah J. FamilySearch . 1850
Announcement of candidacy for State Representative from San Augustine County, Major William C. Edwards. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 4/5/1851, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical note, p. 244, served in House in 1st, 2nd, and 4th Legislatures, planter from Louisiana. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.