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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	24	Jan 13, 1903 - Mar 26, 1906	28th (3) (4)   29th (1) (2)	Democrat	San Antonio / Bexar		Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr

(1) Hicks did not attend 2nd C.S. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) 29th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(3) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(4) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• Portrait and biographical sketch, Edwin Marshall Hicks, pp. 549-550. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
• "Marshall Hicks, Former Mayor, Lawyer, Dead," Saturday morning 7/19/1930, p. 1. Died late Friday afternoon at his home (7/18/1930). San Antonio Express.
• "Hicks Funeral to Be Held Sunday: Former Mayor of S.A. Is Taken by Death after Long Illness," 7/19/1930, p. 9. San Antonio Light.
• Biographical sketch, Marshall Hicks, Volume IV, p. 17. Born 8/26/1865 in Rusk, Cherokee County. Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

Other Resources

• Elected officials of San Antonio - Marshall Hicks, Alderman, Ward 4, 2/8/1897-2/13/1899; Mayor, 2/13/1899-2/9/1903. City of San Antonio, Texas.
• Mentioned in A law for the lion: a tale of crime and injustice in the borderlands, by Beatriz Eugenia De La Garza, University of Texas Press, 2003, pp. 27-28. Google Books.
• Mentioned in Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984.
• Portrait, Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug: Texas Politics, 1921-1928, 1984.
• Hicks, Marshall (b. 1865) - of San Antonio, member of Texas state senate 24th District, 1903-04. Burial location unknown. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries.
• "Tribute Paid Judge M'Cord: Marshall Hicks Says Deceased Was One of Finest of Texans," 5/2/1922, p. 9. McCord "had a long connection and an important one with Democratic politics of Texas." San Antonio Express.
• Account of President William McKinley's visit to San Antonio while Marshall Hicks was Mayor, pp. 262-264. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

Photographs

• Photograph. Marshall Hicks, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Marshall Hicks, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 28th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
• 29th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

29th R.S. - 1905 Beef Trust, Investigate   City and Town Corporations   Constitutional Amendments   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1 (Chair)  Mining and Irrigation   Pan American College of Commerce   Pan-American Trade Relations and Projected Trades College, Special   Privileges and Elections   Rules   State Penitentiaries

28th R.S. - 1903 Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses   Educational Affairs   Insurance, Statistics and History   Judiciary No. 2   Labor   Military Affairs   Mining and Irrigation   Public Lands and Land Office   San Jacinto Battle Ground Picture Purchasing   State Asylums   Town and City Corporations (Chair)