Marshall Hicks

Full Name: Edwin Marshall Hicks
Date of birth: August 26, 1865
Date of death: July 18, 1930

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	24	Jan 13, 1903 - Mar 26, 1906	28th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr

(1) Hicks did not attend 2nd C.S. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) 29th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(3) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(4) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 24
Jan 13, 1903 - Mar 26, 1906
Legislatures: 28th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 29th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district: Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr

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Biographical Sketches

Portrait and biographical sketch, Edwin Marshall Hicks, pp. 549-550. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Photo and biographical sketch, Marshall Hicks, Volume IV, p. 17. Born 8/26/1865 in Rusk, Cherokee County. State Senator from the 24th District. Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

Other Resources

Elected officials of San Antonio - Marshall Hicks, Alderman, Ward 4, 2/8/1897-2/13/1899; Mayor, 2/13/1899-2/9/1903. City of San Antonio, Texas.
Marshall Hicks, birth date 8/26/1865 in Texas; death date 7/18/1930 in San Antonio, Bexar County; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Marshall Hicks, birth date 8/26/1865, death date 7/18/1930, burial in Alamo Masonic Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in A Law for the Lion: A Tale of Crime and Injustice in the Borderlands, by Beatriz Eugenia De La Garza, University of Texas Press, 2003, pp. 27-28. Google Books.
Mentioned in Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984.
Portrait, Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984.
"Marshall Hicks, Former Mayor, Lawyer, Dead," Saturday morning 7/19/1930, p. 1. Died late Friday afternoon at his home (7/18/1930). San Antonio Express.
"Tribute Paid Judge M'Cord: Marshall Hicks Says Deceased Was One of Finest of Texans," 5/2/1922, p. 9. McCord "had a long connection and an important one with Democratic politics of Texas." San Antonio Express.
"Hicks Funeral to Be Held Sunday: Former Mayor of S.A. Is Taken by Death after Long Illness," 7/19/1930, p. 9. San Antonio Light.
Account of President William McKinley's visit to San Antonio while Marshall Hicks was Mayor, pp. 262-264. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

Photographs

Photograph. Marshall Hicks, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Marshall Hicks, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

28th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

29th R.S. - 1905 Beef Trust, Investigate City and Town Corporations Constitutional Amendments Insurance, Statistics and History Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Mining and Irrigation Pan American College of Commerce Pan-American Trade Relations and Projected Trades College, Special Privileges and Elections Rules State Penitentiaries
28th R.S. - 1903 Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Educational Affairs Insurance, Statistics and History Judiciary No. 2 Labor Military Affairs Mining and Irrigation Public Lands and Land Office San Jacinto Battle Ground Picture Purchasing State Asylums Town and City Corporations (Chair)

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