Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Walter Gresham

Full Name: Walter Gresham
Birth date: July 22, 1841
Death date: November 6, 1920

Terms of Service

House, 22nd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
1/13/1891 - 1/10/1893
Democrat
House, 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
Democrat
House, 20th ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
Democrat

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) Gresham resigned after Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(5) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. W. Gresham, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

GRESHAM, Walter (1841-1920). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
Confederate States Army, Private, Company E, 24th Virginia Cavalry. Military grave marker, Walter Gresham (1841-1920), burial in Lakeview Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston County. Find a Grave .
GRESHAM, WALTER (1841-1920). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch and portrait, Volume II, pp. 496-497, 499-500. Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs 1910.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Walter Gresham, pp. 349-350. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1890.
Obituary, "Galvestonian Is Claimed by Death: End Comes Suddenly to Col. Gresham," Galveston Tribune, Monday, 11/8/1920, p. 11. Notes Gresham died Saturday evening (11/6/1920). NewspaperARCHIVE.com .
Portrait and biographical sketch, Walter Gresham, pp. 237-241. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
Confederate States Army, Private, Company E, 24th Virginia Cavalry. Walter Gresham, birth date 7/22/1841, death date 11/20/1920. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide 2002.
Biographical sketch, pp. 61, 161. Texas in the War, 1861-1865 1965.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Walter Gresham, pp. 83-85. Member of the 20th Legislature. Types of Successful Men of Texas 1890.