Alexander Campbell Wilmeth

Full Name: Alexander Campbell Wilmeth
Date of birth: April 7, 1861
Date of death: June 26, 1931

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	101	Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909	30th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Snyder / Scurry		Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Hockley, Howard, Kent, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum
H	101	Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907	29th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Democrat	Snyder / Scurry		Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Hockley, Howard, Kent, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum

(1) Andrew C. Wilmeth, Snyder, Scurry County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Andrew C. Wilmeth, Scurry County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
(3) SNYDER, TEXAS (Scurry County). "Snyder, the county seat of Scurry County, is at the junction of U.S. highways 84 and 180, eighty-seven miles southeast of Lubbock in the central part of the county. In 1884, when Scurry County was organized, Synder's settlement was chosen as the county seat." Handbook of Texas Online.
(4) Snyder, Scurry County. House Journal.
(5) Andrew C. Wilmeth, Snyder, Scurry County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) Andrew C. Wilmeth, Loving County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.
(7) Snyder. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 101
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Snyder / Scurry
Counties in district: Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Hockley, Howard, Kent, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum

House District 101
Jan 10, 1905 - Jan 8, 1907
Legislatures: 29th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Snyder / Scurry
Counties in district: Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Hockley, Howard, Kent, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Scurry, Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum

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Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, R.S., 3/7/1933, p. 710. Death date estimated; Wilmeth died during November 1931 in California. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, A.C. Wilmeth, Volume II, pp. 436-438. Alexander Campbell Wilmeth, birth date 4/7/1861, elected to Texas Legislature in 1904. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.

Other Resources

Obituary, "First Lawyer of Snyder Dies in Los Angeles: A.C. Wilmeth, 70, Had Been Scurry Resident Since 1884; Wife, Two Children Survive," 7/4/1931, p. 9. Died "a few days ago at his home in Los Angeles," Scurry county attorney, district attorney, and later, state representative. Abilene Reporter-News.
Alex C. Wilmeth, California Death Index, 1905-1939, death date 6/26/1931, Los Angeles. Ancestry.com.
Census of 1910 - A.C. Wilmeth, Snyder, Scurry County, age 49, born circa 1861 in Texas, lawyer, son Lex.
Census of 1920 - A.K. Wilmeth, Snyder, Scurry County, age 55, born circa 1865 in Texas, lawyer, widowed. No Wilmeths found in Loving County. FamilySearch. 1910 1920
A. Campbell Wilmeth (1861-1931), burial in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, with spouse Mary E. Wilmeth. Find a Grave.
Article on Scurry County mentions A.C. Wilmeth began publishing the county's first newspaper, the Scurry County Citizen, in the 1880s. Handbook of Texas Online.
A.C. Wilmeth. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
Brief vignettes on members of the 30th Legislature, "Kodaks by the Chaplain," The Houston Post, 5/12/1907, p. 6, col. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Genealogy, Section 4, "Wilmoth Families in NC, TN, AR, TX, and SC...", James Ransom Wilmeth, pp. 177-179, 188. Lists son Alexander Campbell Wilmeth, born 3/7/1861 in Anna, Texas; married (1) Mary Camp and (2) Mary Wilmeth Horn; died 6/26/1931 in Los Angeles, California, "in which city he was buried" [sic p. 188, died 6/26/1936]. Wilmot-Wilmoth Wilmeth, 1940.

Photographs

Photograph. A.C. Wilmeth, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. A.C. Wilmeth, 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 Counties Irrigation (Chair) Liquor Traffic Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Lands and Land Office Reforms in Civil and Criminal Procedure
29th R.S. - 1905 Commerce and Manufactures Irrigation Judicial Districts Public Lands and Land Office Stock and Stock Raising

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