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Oscar Branch Colquitt Full Name: Oscar Branch Colquitt Date of birth: December 16, 1861 Date of death: March 8, 1940 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 9 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 10, 1899 24th (2)   25th (1)   Democrat Terrell / Kaufman   Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro (1) 25th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal. (2) 24th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries 47th Legislature, R.S., HSR 11, 1/14/1941, pp. 26-27. Resolutions - Memorial. 47th Legislature, R.S., HSR 301, 5/22/1941, pp. 3500-3501. In Memory of Rawlins M. Colquitt. Relatives: O.B. Colquitt - father, Rawlins M. Colquitt - son. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Oscar B. Colquitt, pp. 190-191. Mentions son Rawlins M. Colquitt. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889. COLQUITT, OSCAR BRANCH (1861-1940). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, Oscar B. Colquitt, pp. 50-51. Born 12/16/1861 in Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia, married Alice Murrell 12/9/1885 in Pittsburg, Texas. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Biographical sketch and portrait, O.B. Colquitt, pp. 127-128. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918. Other Resources Governor of Texas 1911-1915. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present. Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas. Photographs Photograph. O.B. Colquitt, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. O.B. Colquitt, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 24th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 25th R.S. - 1897 Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Finance   Internal Improvements (Chair)  Investigation Relative to Missing Amendment to S.B. No. 258 - Text-book Bill, Special   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2   Penitentiaries   Public Printing   State Affairs   State Asylums   Towns and City Corporations   24th R.S. - 1895 Claims and Accounts   Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Engrossed Bills   Enrolled Bills   Finance   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Officers and Employes, Special   Penal Code and Code Criminal Procedure, Special   Penitentiaries   Public Printing   Roads and Bridges   State Affairs   State Asylums (Chair)  Towns and City Corporations

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