Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	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 Information top

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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