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William Hudspeth Full Name: William Lafayette Hudspeth Date of birth: February 7, 1857 Date of death: July 13, 1930 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 H 32 Jan 9, 1917 - Jan 14, 1919 35th   Democrat Mount Pleasant / Titus   Morris, Titus   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches W.L. Hudspeth, birth date 2/7/1860 in Mississippi, purchasing agent and accountant for the North Texas Hospital for the Insane: 1907-1910. Biographical sketch and photo, "Texas and Her Legislature (Legislative Section)," Members of Texas House of Representatives, 35th Legislature, 2/28/1917, p. 11. Fort Worth Record. Other Resources Census of 1900 - William Hudspeth, Titus County, Texas, age 43, born February 1857 in Mississippi, teacher, living in household with wife Minnie E. Hudspeth. Census of 1910 - W.L. Hudspeth, North Texas Hospital for the Insane, Terrell, Texas, age 52, born circa 1858 in Mississippi, accountant, M.E. Hudspeth listed below. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 William Lafayette Hudspeth, birth date 2/7/1857, death date 7/13/1930, internment in Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Mississippi. Find a Grave. William Lafayette Hudspeth and wife Minnie L. Hudspeth pose in front of their home, photograph, Mount Pleasant, Images of America series, 2014, p. 32. Google Books. "W.L. Hudspeth Dies at Mississippi Home," Mount Pleasant Daily Times, 7/16/1930, p. 1, crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). "W.L. Hudspeth in Race for Representative," The Times Review (Mount Pleasant, Texas), 5/30/1924, p. 4, crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 35th Legislature (1917) - W.L. Hudspeth, postoffice Mt. Pleasant, nativity Mississippi, age 58 (born circa 1859), 34 years in Texas, teacher. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. W.L. Hudspeth, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 35th R.S. - 1917 Appropriations   Common Carriers   Counties   Education   Penitentiaries   Penitentiaries Subcommittee to Visit State Prison Farms   School for the Deaf Visit   Southwestern Insane Asylum   State Asylums

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