Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
S	15	Jan 8, 1895 - Sep 18, 1896	24th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Conroe / Montgomery	Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker
S	15	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Conroe / Montgomery	Grimes, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker
H	54	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Montgomery / Montgomery	Harris, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker

(1) "The First District: it will be the battleground for the warmest Congressional fight; in the entire state; Perry McComb and Tom Hall . . . " (includes "Brief Biography" of William Perry McComb - birth date 7/26/1852), 4/5/1896, p. 4. Ran for Congress. Galveston Daily News.
(2) 24th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(3) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal. January 10, 1893 January 11, 1893
(4) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(5) E.P. McComb, Willis. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Resolutions and Journal entries

24th Legislature - Address of Senator W.P. McComb, 4/30/1895, p. 678 and Appendix pp. 73-74. Address includes discussion of debates in the 24th Senate and presentation of silver service to Lieutenant Governor George Jester. Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and drawing, "Candidates for Congress: William Perry M'Comb," 4/6/1896, p. 4. Birth date 7/26/1852. Galveston Daily News.
NEAL, GEORGE D. (1853-1916). In 1896, was elected to the Texas Senate to fill the unexpired term of W.P. McComb. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, William Perry McComb, pp. 302-303. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, pp. 275-276. " . . . Elected to State Senate in 1896 to serve the unexpired term of Senator W.P. McComb, deceased, at the expiration of which he was re-elected for a full term of four years." Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

Other Resources

Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County, 1930. Early History of Grimes County
Obituary and drawing, "Senator W.P. McComb: dies at his home in Conroe. Remains taken to Montgomery for interment," 9/19/1896, p. 5. Died at his home "this morning" (dateline Sept. 18); birth date 7/26/1852. Galveston Daily News.
William Perry McComb, Democrat, lawyer, age 34 in 1889, born in Missouri. Legislative Reference Library Card File.

Photographs

Photograph. W.P. McComb, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.P. McComb, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.L. McComb, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

23rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895 Civil Code, Special Claims and Accounts Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Counties and County Boundaries Federal Relations General Land Office (Chair) Insurance, Statistics and History Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Labor Penitentiaries Public Health Rules (Chair)
23rd R.S. - 1893 Counties and County Boundaries Enrolled Bills General Land Office Insurance, Statistics and History (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Penitentiaries Public Lands Rules (Chair) Rules for Impeachment Proceeding State Affairs Treasurer's and Comptroller's Office (Chair)
21st R.S. - 1889 Education General Education Bill Judiciary No. 1 Memorial of John M. Swisher Public Lands and Land Office Reports of the Supreme and Appellate Courts, Investigate Representation and Apportionment

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