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William Sidney Coleman
Full Name: William Sidney Coleman
Date of birth: October 10, 1841
Date of death: June 12, 1880
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
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Counties in District |
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79
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Jan 14, 1879 - Jun 12, 1880
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16th
(1)
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Democrat
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Marshall / Harrison
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Cherokee, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby
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79
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Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
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15th
(2)
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Democrat
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Marshall / Harrison
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Cherokee, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby
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(1)
Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
(2)
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.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch.
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch, William Sidney Coleman, p. 272. Birth date 10/10/1841.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Company A, 3rd Texas Cavalry.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
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Other Resources |
William Sidney Coleman, birth date 10/10/1841, death date 6/12/1880, burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County.
Find a Grave.
William S. Coleman, Marshall lawyer and Democratic politician, pp. 311-313; "redemption" election of 1878, pp. 350, 353; railroad subsidy issue, pp. 327, 357-358.
A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
W.S. Coleman, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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