William David Williams

Full Name: William David Williams
Date of birth: August 26, 1857
Date of death: October 1, 1916

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	78	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Tarrant
H	78	Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 10, 1905	28th	Democrat	Fort Worth / Tarrant		Tarrant

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM D. (1857-1916). Birth date 8/6/1857. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, William D. Williams, Volume IV, pp. 1983-1984. Birth date 8/25/1857. A History of Texas and Texans, 1916.
Biographical sketch - 28th Legislature, 1st C.S., 4/29/1903, pp. 219-226. "Presentation and acceptance of the oil portrait of Judge A. W. Terrell . . . presented to the House by Judge Yancey Lewis . . . accepted on the part of the House by Hon. W. D. Williams." House Journal.
Biographical sketch, Hon. William D. Williams, Volume II, pp. 34-35. Birth date 8/26/1857. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.

Other Resources

William David Williams (1855-1916) and wife, on Charles Clarke Chapman family memorial, in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. Includes several obituaries of W.D. Williams, Texas Railroad Commissioner, October 1916. Find a Grave.
Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas.

Photographs

Photograph. W.D. Williams, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.D. Williams, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

29th R.S. - 1905 Beef Trust, Investigate Private Corporations Revenue and Taxation (Chair) Rules
28th R.S. - 1903 Claims and Accounts Commerce and Manufactures Judiciary No. 2 Permanent University and Common School Fund, to Investigate Private Land Claims Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Towns and City Corporations

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