
James Oscar Nicholson
Full Name: James Oscar NicholsonDate of birth: March 29, 1847
Date of death: January 5, 1904
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Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | 96 | Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 5, 1904 | 28th | Democrat | Laredo / Webb | Webb | |
H | 86 | Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 | 27th | Democrat | Laredo / Webb | Webb, Encinal |
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House District 96
Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 5, 1904 Legislatures: 28th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Laredo / Webb Counties in district: Webb |
House District 86
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 Legislatures: 27th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Laredo / Webb Counties in district: Webb, Encinal |
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 29th Legislature, R.S., 1/13/1905, p. 93. Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, James Oscar Nicholson, p. 693. Birth date 3/29/1847 in Pike County, Illinois; engaged in practice of law in Laredo since 1881. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, 1904.
- Biographical sketch, James O. Nicholson, pp. 115-116. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
Military Service Notes
- Union Army, 137th Illinois infantry regiment, and Company D, 7th Illinois regiment, Civil War. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
Other Resources
- Census of 1900 - G.O. (J.O.) Nicholson, Laredo, Webb County, born March 1849 in Illinois, lawyer, spouse M.W. Nicholson, daughters Mary and Bessie Nicholson and Lily Daisy. FamilySearch.
- James Oscar Nicholson, birth date 3/29/1847 in Pittsfield, Illinois; death date 1/5/1904 in Laredo, Texas; burial in Laredo City Cemetery, Webb County. Find a Grave.
- Death notice, "J.O. Nicholson Dead: He Was the Representative from Laredo," 1/6/1904, p. 4. Galveston Daily News.
- 27th Legislature (1901) - J.O. Nicholson, postoffice Laredo, nativity Illinois, age 51 (born circa 1850), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
Photographs
- Photograph. J.O. Nicholson, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. J.O. Nicholson, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
- 28th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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