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DeWitt Clinton Giddings Full Name: DeWitt Clinton Giddings Date of birth: January 27, 1863 Date of death: November 27, 1927 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 47 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th   Democrat Brenham / Washington   Washington   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries D.C. Giddings, Jr. House Journal. 41st Legislature, R.S., 1/23/1929, p. 224. D.C. Giddings, birth date 1/27/1863, death date 11/27/1927. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, Dewitt Clinton Giddings, Volume II, p. 881. Birth date 1/27/1863 in Brenham, marriage to Carrie Bassett 1884. "For a number of years he has served as chairman of the county Democratic executive committee, and was elected in 1895 and served one term in the twenty-fourth legislature . . . " Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs, 1910. Photos and biographical sketches of the Giddings Family, including Jabez Demming Giddings, member of the 11th Legislature, pp. 64-70, and D.C. Giddings, member of the 24th Legislature, pp. 79-82. Col. D.C. Giddings "admitted his son, DeWitt Clinton Giddings, to copartnership" of law firm, p. 75. Relatives: Jabez Demming Giddings - uncle, DeWitt Clinton Giddings - nephew. The History of Brenham and Washington County, 1915. Other Resources Dewitt Clinton Giddings, birth date 1/27/1863, death date 11/27/1927, photo, burial in Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Washington County. Find a Grave. David C. Giddings, Jr. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. Photographs Photograph. D.J. Giddings, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 24th R.S. - 1895 Finance   Insurance, Statistics, and History   Military Affairs   Redistricting the State into Judicial Districts, Special   Rules   State Affairs

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