Biographical sketch, "To the People of the Second Supreme Judicial District: Notice of R.E. Carswell, of Decatur, Texas," "as a candidate to fill unexpired term of Judge I.W. Stephens as Associate Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals of said district," 6/12/1908, p. 1. Born in Georgia in 1853, served in 29th-30th Legislatures from Wise County. Wise County Messenger.

Other Resources

Robert Emmett Carswell, Carthage, Texas. Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Kentucky University, 1876, Graduates - Session of 1875-6, Commercial College, College of Law, pp. 54-55. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935; Carswell Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
Robert E. Carswell, birth date 2/10/1853 in Georgia, death date 8/1/1921 in Decatur, Wise County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
R.E. Carswell (1853-1921), burial in Oaklawn Cemetery, Decatur, Wise County. Includes obituary, "Jurist and Good Citizen Dies Here," from Wise County Messenger, 8/5/1921, p.1. Find a Grave.
29th Legislature (1905) - R.E. Carswell, postoffice Decatur, nativity Georgia, age 51 (born circa 1854), lawyer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
Obituary, "Jurist and Good Citizen Dies Here: Robert E. Carswell, One of the State's Most Prominent Lawyers, Is Gone," 8/5/1921, p. 1. Born in Georgia, 2/12/1853; "Wise County's representative in the legislature for two terms." Death date Monday, 8/1/1921. Wise County Messenger.

Photographs

Photograph. R.E. Carswell, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. R.E. Carswell, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

29th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

30th R.S. - 1907 Common Carriers Judiciary (Chair) Mines and Mining Public Lands and Land Office Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure
29th R.S. - 1905 Common Carriers Judiciary Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Lands and Land Office

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