Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	33	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	Center / Shelby	Sabine, Shelby
H	5	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Center / Shelby	Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby
H	8	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Center / Shelby	Panola, Shelby

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

J.M. Truit in 17th; J.W. Truitt and James W. Truitt in 22nd; J.W. Truit in 23rd. House Journal. 17th R.S. 22nd R.S. 22nd R.S. Roster 23rd R.S.

Biographical Sketches

TRUITT, JAMES W. (1845-1922). Relatives: John H. Truitt and James W. Truitt - brothers. John H. Truitt and James W. Truitt - grandsons, James Alfred Truitt (1795-1870) - grandfather. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

James W. Truitt. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
J.W. Truit in 17th, postoffice Centre, Shelby County, farmer, nativity Texas, Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
23rd Legislature (1893) - J.W. Truit, postoffice Center, Shelby County, farmer, nativity Texas, age 47, farmer, Democrat, member of previous legislature 17th, 22nd. Texas Legislative Manual.

Photographs

Photograph. J.W. Truit, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. J.W. Truit, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.W. Truet, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts, Examination of Engrossed Bills Finance Internal Improvements Privileges and Elections Revenue and Taxation State Institutions of Learning, Joint Committee on
22nd R.S. - 1891 Education Finance Insurance, Statistics, and History (Chair) Internal Improvements North Texas Asylum at Terrell Privileges and Elections Representation and Apportionment on Congressional Districts State Printing at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Investigate, Special Texas World's Fair Exhibition
17th R.S. - 1881 County Governments and County Finances Engrossed Bills Finance Internal Improvements Printing and Binding Reports of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Public Printing

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