Robert Hamilton Ward

Full Name: Robert Hamilton Ward
Date of birth: December 27, 1852
Date of death: July 29, 1933

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	50	Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899	25th	Democrat	Austin / Travis		Travis
H	50	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th	Democrat	Austin / Travis		Travis

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and portrait, Robert Hamilton Ward, Volume III, pp. 1202-1203. Birth date 12/27/1852 in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. "He came to Texas in 1872 at the age of twenty . . . His two terms as a legislator brought him credit." A History of Texas and Texans, 1916.
Biographical sketch, R.H. Ward, pp. 125-126. Born 12/27/1852 in Warrenton, Farquier County, Virginia. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Other Resources

Robert Hamilton Ward (1852-1933), burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin. Includes portrait. Find a Grave.
Lists same Robert H. Ward as a member of the 7th [sic], 24th, and 25th Legislatures. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

Photograph. R.H. Ward, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Robert H. Ward, 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.
25th 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 Information top

25th R.S. - 1897 Federal Relations Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) State Affairs
24th R.S. - 1895 Civil Code, Special Commerce and Manufactures Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Penitentiaries Public Lands and Land Office

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