William Winston Dillard
Full Name: William Winston DillardDate of birth: October 20, 1836
Date of death: January 11, 1927
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 1 | Jan 8, 1901 - Mar 25, 1901 | 27th (1) (2) | Democrat | De Kalb / Bowie | Bowie |
(1) Message from Governor Joseph D. Sayers announcing resignation of the Honorable W.W. Dillard, Representative from Bowie county, 3/25/1901, p. 896. House Journal.
(2) William C. Rochelle, sworn 8/12/1901, succeeded William W. Dillard, resigned 3/25/1901. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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House District 1
Jan 8, 1901 - Mar 25, 1901 Legislatures: 27th (1) (2) Party: Democrat Home City/County: De Kalb / Bowie Counties in district: Bowie |
(1) Message from Governor Joseph D. Sayers announcing resignation of the Honorable W.W. Dillard, Representative from Bowie county, 3/25/1901, p. 896. House Journal.
(2) William C. Rochelle, sworn 8/12/1901, succeeded William W. Dillard, resigned 3/25/1901. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 40th Legislature, R.S., 1/13/1927, p. 37. Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- Obituary and photo, "Last Signer of Constitution Is Dead," 1/12/1927, p. 6. "W.W. Dillard, 90, last signer of the Texas Constitution adopted in 1875, who died in the Confederate Home, Austin, Tuesday night." Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
- Obituary and photo, William Winston Dillard, "Judge W.W. Dillard, Eminent Texan, Answers Call," 1/12/1927, pp. 1, 3. Birth date 10/20/1836 in Sumter County, Alabama; description of Confederate Army service. "Judge Dillard was one of the two survivors of that eminent group of Texans who signed the Constitution of Texas, in 1875. He placed his full name, William Winston Dillard, Bowie County—on that document . . ." Marshall News Messenger.
- Biographical sketch, William W. Dillard, pp. 96-97. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Lieutenant, Company A, 3rd Regiment, Texas Cavalry (South Kansas Texas Regiment Mounted Volunteers), enlisted 6/3/1861 at Jonesville, Texas, discharged 5/20/1862. William W. Dillard, postoffice Marshall, Harrison County as of July 1926; born about 1837 in Sumpter, Alabama; handwritten letters from W.W. Dillard. Pension File No. 42283, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
- Confederate States Army, Company A, 3rd Texas Cavalry, Green's Brigade, Green's Division, Trans Mississippi Army. Texas State Cemetery.
Other Resources
- W.W. Dillard, born 1836 in Alabama, death date 1/11/1927 in Austin, Travis County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
- 27th Legislature (1901) - W.W. Dillard, postoffice DeKalb, nativity Alabama, age 64, farmer, 53 years in Texas, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
- Dillard, William W. Texas State Cemetery.
Photographs
- Photograph. W.W. Dillard, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
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27th R.S. - 1901
Constitutional Amendments Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Federal Relations Privileges and Elections Roads, Bridges and Ferries |
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