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Washington Lafayette Denman Full Name: Washington Lafayette Denman Date of birth: November 23, 1830 Date of death: December 18, 1891 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 6 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2)   Democrat Homer / Angelina   Angelina, Nacogdoches H 6 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879 15th (3)   Democrat Homer / Angelina   Angelina, Nacogdoches H 3 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th   Democrat Homer / Angelina   Angelina, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity (1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (3) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches DENMAN, WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE (1830-1891). Handbook of Texas Online. Obituary and death notice, Colonel W.L. Denman, The Galveston Daily News, 12/22/1891, p. 1, col. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Death date 12/18/1891 in Lufkin, Angelina County; Denman was "at different times a member of the state legislature." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Biographical sketch, pp. 64-65. Age 45. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company E, Anderson's Regiment of Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online. Other Resources Washington Lafeyette Denman (abt. 1831-1891), Comment, Colonel Washington Lafayette Denman includes service in Legislature, account of death. Abram Family Tree. Ancestry.com. W.L. Denman, death date 12/18/1891, inscription: aged 61 years, 25 days, burial in Walker Cemetery, Redland, Angelina County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. W.N. Denman, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Photograph. W.L. Denman, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. W.L. Denman, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 17th R.S. - 1881 County and County Boundaries (Chair)  Indian Affairs   Private Land Claims   Senatorial and Representative Districts   Senatorial and Representative Districts, Apportionment   15th R.S. - 1876 Counties and County Boundaries (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Penitentiary   14th R.S. - 1874 Judges M. Walker and Wesley Ogden, Supreme Court (Chair)  Military Affairs   Penitentiary   Removal of Judge J.B. Williamson, 6th Judicial District   Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)

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