Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	18	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 12, 1897	23rd (2)   24th (1)	Democrat	Hallettsville / Lavaca		Colorado, Fayette, Lavaca

(1) 24th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(2) 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 4 years. Senate Journal. January 10, 1893 January 11, 1893

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, "Lawmakers of Texas: Something about Men Who Left Records at Austin: Cranford, Bowser, Simpson, Atlee, Imboden, Steele, Greer and Douglass. Their Personal and Political Points," 8/27/1893, p. 13. Galveston Daily News.
• SIMPSON, FRIENCH (1848-1923). Birth date 2/13/1848, death date 3/23/1923. Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Private, Company A, 13th Texas Infantry (13th Regiment, Texas Volunteers). Friench Simpson, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
• Confederate States Army, Private, Company A, 13th Regiment, Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, Friench Simpson, birth date 2/13/1848, death date 3/24/1923, burial in Hallettsville City Cemetery, Hallettsville, Lavaca County. Biographical information from the Hallettsville New Era and Colorado Citizen. Find a Grave.

Other Resources

• Friench Simpson, birth date 2/13/1848 in Fairfax County, Virginia, death date 3/24/1923 in Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas, banker business and insurance. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.

Photographs

• Photograph. French Simpson, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Friench Simpson, 23rd 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.

Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895 Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Counties and County Boundaries   Finance   Insurance, Statistics and History   Judiciary No. 1   Military Affairs   Public Debts, Claims and Accounts   State Affairs (Chair)  State Asylums   Towns and City Corporations

23rd R.S. - 1893 Contingent Expenses   Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Insurance, Statistics and History   Judiciary No. 2   Military Affairs (Chair)  Private Land Claims   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Lands   State Affairs   Stock and Stockraising