Peyton Forbes Edwards

Full Name: Peyton Forbes Edwards
Date of birth: September 28, 1844
Date of death: April 1, 1905

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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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

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Senate District 2
Apr 18, 1876 - Oct 18, 1879
Legislatures: 15th ⁽³⁾ 16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches
Counties in district: Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine

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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

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