Will D. Suiter

Full Name: William David "Will" Suiter
Date of birth: February 10, 1871
Date of death: June 25, 1963

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	7	Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 9, 1923	36th ⁽²⁾ 37th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Winnsboro / Wood		Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood
S	7	Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 14, 1919	35th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 34th ⁽⁵⁾ 35th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Winnsboro / Wood	Senate President Pro Tempore (35th)	Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood

(1) 37th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators/Absent, 1/11/1921, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(2) 36th Legislature - Member-elect in List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 5th, 1918, oath of office administered, 1/14/1919, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(3) 35th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/18/1917, 1st C.S. Senate Journal.
(4) 35th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1917, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(5) 34th Legislature - Elected November 3, 1914, oath of office administered to members elect, 1/12/1915, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 7
Jan 14, 1919 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 36th ⁽²⁾ 37th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Winnsboro / Wood
Counties in district: Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood

Senate District 7
Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 14, 1919
Legislatures: 35th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 34th ⁽⁵⁾ 35th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (35th)
(35th)
(35th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Winnsboro / Wood
Counties in district: Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

Photo and biographical sketch (Elizabeth Suiter). Relatives: William D. Suiter - father, Elizabeth Suiter - daughter. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
Biographical sketch, William David Suiter, Volume IV, pp. 431-432. Born 2/10/1871 in Washington County, Illinois. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers, 1940.
Biographical sketch, William D. Suiter, Volume III, pp. 1501-1502. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Biographical sketch, Senate of the 35th Legislature, "A Look at the Affairs of State: The Real Names and Addresses of Thirty-one Senators With Additional Facts," The Houston Post, 3/22/1917, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Memorial, September 1963, p. 805. William David Suiter. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

William David Suiter, birth date 2/10/1871 in Illinois; death date 6/25/1963 in Winnsboro, Wood County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
William D. Suiter, birth date 2/10/1871, death date 6/25/1963, burial in Lee Cemetery, Winnsboro, Wood County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in Sabine Royalty Corporation, Tyler, Texas, in The State of Texas Book: One Hundred Years of Progress, p. 406. HeritageQuest Online.
Reproduction of Judge Will D. Suiter's history of Winnsboro, October 1, 2003. Suiter, Will D. Winnsboro, Texas: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, copyright 1952. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Obituary and photo, "Will D. Suiter, 92 Dies Here June 25," 6/27/1963, pp. 1, 6. Winnsboro News.

Photographs

Photograph. W.D. Suiter, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.D. Suiter, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.D. Suiter, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.D. Suiter, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

34th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, south wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
35th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
36th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
37th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

37th R.S. - 1921 Agricultural Affairs Contingent Expense (Vice Chair) Criminal Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) Educational Affairs Educational Affairs Subcommittee on Corpus Christi School Census Nominations by the Governor Public Debts, Claims and Accounts Senatorial Districts (Chair)
36th R.S. - 1919 Agricultural Affairs Blue Ridge Farm Purchase, Investigate (Chair) Civil Jurisprudence Claims and Accounts Contingent Expense (Vice Chair) Criminal Jurisprudence (Chair) Governor's Nominations Insurance and Banking Labor Rules
35th R.S. - 1917 Agricultural Affairs Civil Jurisprudence Constitutional Amendments Criminal Jurisprudence Investigation of Expenditures on Capitol and Disloyalty of Certain State Employees (Chair) Judicial Districts Labor Military Affairs Public Debt, Claims and Accounts Towns and City Corporations
34th R.S. - 1915 Agricultural Affairs Federal Relations (Chair) Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Labor Military Affairs Public Debts, Claims and Accounts State Penitentiaries Stock and Stock Raising

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