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William Harrison Westfall
Full Name: William Harrison Westfall
Date of birth: December 16, 1822
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
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14th
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Democrat
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Liberty Hill / Williamson
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Blanco, Burnet, Concho, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson
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Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
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13th
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Democrat
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Liberty Hill / Williamson
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Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson
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Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. Remained in effect from its passage until first reapportionment after 1880 Census. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History.
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
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Postoffice: Liberty Hill, Williamson County.
Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874.
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Census of 1860 - W.H. Westfall, Bagdad, Williamson County. Census of 1870 - William Westfall, Liberty Hill, Williamson County. Census of 1880 - William H. Westfall, Burnet, Burnet County.
FamilySearch. 1860
1870
1880
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Burnet, Burnet County.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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14th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1874, p. 1.
Senate Journal.
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"Because of the adoption of the new constitution [of 1876], any member of the 14th Legislature who wished to continue to serve had to run for reelection," p. 220.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Portrait and biographical sketch, William Harrison Westfall, M.D., Burnet, pp. 196-199.
Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
Biographical sketch, William Harrison Westfall, p. 197. Born 12/16/1822. Lived in Williamson County at time of election to Texas House in 1872; in Senate of 14th Legislature, physician William Henry Westfall "of Burnet." Moved back to Austin in 1876 and Burnet in 1879. "Opened quarry at Granite Mountain which provided the stone for the new [State] Capitol."
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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House Concurrent Resolution No. 4, 21st Legislature, Regular Session, General Laws, 2/25/1889, acknowledging donation by W.H. Westfall, G.W. Lacy, and N.L. Norton of granite for new State Capitol. Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897, Volume 9, p. 1201.
General Laws of the State of Texas.
Mentioned in GRANITE MOUNTAIN AND MARBLE FALLS CITY RAIL ROAD.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9.
San Saba News.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
Dr. William Westfall, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
William Westfall, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
Photograph.
Dr. William Westfall, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection..
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