Robert Meriwether Brown
Full Name: Robert Meriwether "Sunny Jim" Brown, Jr.Date of birth: December 24, 1845
Date of death: May 10, 1917
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 52 | Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 | 30th | Democrat | Wharton / Wharton | Lavaca, Wharton | |
| H | 52 | Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 | 29th (1) | Democrat | Wharton / Wharton | Lavaca, Wharton |
(1) "Hon. R.M. Brown of Wharton, candidate for flotorial representative" requested "his name placed on the democratic ticket for the primary on July 28." "Halletsville News: Meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee Was Held," 4/26/1906, p. 12. Houston Post.
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House District 52
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 Legislatures: 30th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Wharton / Wharton Counties in district: Lavaca, Wharton |
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House District 52
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907 Legislatures: 29th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Wharton / Wharton Counties in district: Lavaca, Wharton |
(1) "Hon. R.M. Brown of Wharton, candidate for flotorial representative" requested "his name placed on the democratic ticket for the primary on July 28." "Halletsville News: Meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee Was Held," 4/26/1906, p. 12. Houston Post.
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 35th Legislature, 1st C.S., 5/11/1917, p. 258. Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, Robert Meriwether Brown, Volume IV, pp. 1598-1599. Birth date 12/24/1845 in Amherst County, Virginia. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Private, Company E, 2nd Virginia Calvary, enlisted 9/1/1863. R.M. Brown, Jr., application date 9/13/1913, birth year estimated 1845, birthplace Athens, Amhens, Virginia, age 68. Pension File No. 22600, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958.
Robert Meriweather Brown Jr., birth date 12/24/1845, death date 5/10/1917. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
Other Resources
- R.M. Brown, burial in Wharton City Cemetery, Wharton County. Includes inscription: UCV [United Confederate Veterans]. Find a Grave.
- Obituary, "'Sunny Jim' Brown Dead at Wharton," 5/11/1917, p. 12, "Judge R.M. Brown, known in the legislature as 'Sunny Jim,' died in a local hospital Wednesday night (5/9/1917)." Houston Post.
- 29th Legislature (1905) - R.M. Brown, postoffice Wharton, nativity Virginia, age 59 (born circa 1846), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
Photographs
- Photograph. R.M. Brown, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. R.M. Brown, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
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30th R.S. - 1907
Criminal Jurisprudence Federal Relations Game and Fisheries Stock and Stock Raising | ||
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29th R.S. - 1905
Common Carriers Criminal Jurisprudence Game and Fisheries Irrigation |
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