Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	2	Apr 18, 1876 - Oct 18, 1879	15th (3)   16th (1) (2)	Democrat	Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches		Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Edwards resigned 10/18/1879. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) 15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "long term" (four years). Senate Journal. April 14, 1876 April 27, 1876

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• EDWARDS, PEYTON FORBES (1844-1918). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 7-8. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
• Biographical sketch, p. 239. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
• Biographical sketch, Judge Peyton Forbes Edwards, Volume I, pp. 378-380. Native of Nacogdoches, born 9/28/1844. "He was also elected to the state senate and served as state senator for four years in the fifteenth and sixteenth sessions of the general assembly of Texas . . . in April 1886, he removed to El Paso and has since been a prominent member of the El Paso bar and a leading citizen here." A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Private, 4th Texas Cavalry; later served in Company A, 17th Texas Cavalry, became brigade quartermaster. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

• Description of the Peyton Forbes Edwards Family papers, including speeches, legal papers, newspaper clippings, and correspondence during his service in the 17th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War. Confederate Military Manuscripts: Series C: Holdings of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, 2003.
• Mention in EDWARDS, HADEN HARRISON. Father: Haden Harrison Edwards, Son: Peyton Forbes Edwards. Handbook of Texas Online.

Photographs

• Photograph. P.F. Edwards, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879 Agricultural and Mechanical College, Consider Report of the Joint Committee Appointed to Visit (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments (Chair)  District Judges (Chair)  Finance   Funeral and Remains of the Late Honorable Gustave Schleicher   Galveston News   General Land Office   Governor's Message, Election of County Officers in Harrison and Smith Counties   Insurance, Statistics and History (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   New Judiciary Article to the Constitution   Public Claims and Accounts   Public Printing   Retrenchment and Reform   Revision of Code   Revision of Rules   State Affairs   State Asylums   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Departments

15th R.S. - 1876 Arrangements, Prepare for Reception of Portrait of General Tom Green on the 4th of July   Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Engrossed Bills   Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Private Land Claims (Chair)  Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Printing   Retrenchment and Reform   State Affairs   State Penitentiaries   Treasurer's and Comptroller's Department