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Robert Newdygate Stafford Full Name: Robert Newdygate Stafford Date of birth: November 6, 1856 Date of death: June 18, 1911 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 7 Jan 13, 1903 - Jan 8, 1907 29th (1)   28th (2) (3)   29th (1)   Democrat Mineola / Wood Dean of the Senate. (29th) Dean of the Senate. (28th)   Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood S 7 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 13, 1903 26th (5) (6)   27th (4)   Democrat Mineola / Wood Senate President Pro Tempore (26th)   Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood S 7 Jan 21, 1895 - Jan 10, 1899 24th (8) (9)   25th (7)   Democrat Mineola / Wood   Gregg, Rains, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood (1) 29th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1905, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (2) 28th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/28/1903, pp. 107-108. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal. (3) 28th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/13/1903, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (4) 27th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1901, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (5) 26th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 1/11/1899, Regular Session. Senate Journal. (6) 26th Legislature - Roll of Senators-elect, oath of office administered, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal. (7) 25th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/12/1897, p. 1. Senate Journal. (8) Stafford sworn 1/21/1895. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (9) 24th Legislature - Oath of office administered to Senator Stafford, 1/21/1895, p. 53. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 43rd Legislature, 1st C.S. - Memorial Service for Barry Miller, 10/10/1933, pp. 305-306. Listed as a Senator from the 26th or 27th Legislatures "among those who are now dead." Senate Journal. Biographical Sketches Obituary, "R.N. Stafford Dead: End Came to Widely Known Texan at Mineola: Was Former State Senator, Prominent Lawyer and High in Democratic Councils," "Sorrow Expressed at Dallas," The Houston Post, 6/19/1911, p. 1. Birth date 11/6/1856, graduated from Emory College in 1876. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Biographical sketch, Robt. N. Stafford, pp. 56-57. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Biographical sketch, Robert N. Stafford, p. 78. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901. Biographical sketch and portrait, Robert N. Stafford, pp. 386-387. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902. Other Resources Robert Newdygate Stafford, 1876, Lawyer, Stafford & Geddie, Mineola, Tex. Occupation and Address Register of the Graduates of Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, 1910, pp. 77-78. U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935; Alvis Coleman Family Tree. Ancestry.com. Robt. N. Stafford, birth date November 1855 [possibly 1856] in Upson County, Georgia; death date 6/18/1911 in Mineola, Wood County, Texas; lawyer and banker. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Robert N. Stafford, birth date 11/6/1856, death date 6/18/1911, historical marker, interment in Cedars Memorial Gardens, Mineola, Wood County. Find a Grave. Robert N. Stafford Historical Marker in Mineola, Wood County. Includes biographical information, birth date 11/6/1856, death date 6/18/1911 (grave marker). Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission). Photographs Photograph. R.N. Stafford, 29th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.N. Stafford, 28th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.N. Stafford, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.N. Stafford, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.N. Stafford, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. R.N. Stafford, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 24th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 26th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 27th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, north wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 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 Informationtop 29th R.S. - 1905 City and Town Corporations   Insurance, Statistics and History (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Rules   State Asylums   State Penitentiaries   28th R.S. - 1903 Educational Affairs (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1   Judiciary No. 2   Rules (Chair)  State Asylums   State Penitentiaries   Town and City Corporations   27th R.S. - 1901 Constitutional Amendments   Federal Relations   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 1 (Chair)  Privileges and Elections   State Asylums   State Investigating   26th R.S. - 1899 Constitutional Amendments   Internal Improvements (Chair)  Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Military Affairs   Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs   Towns and City Corporations   25th R.S. - 1897 Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2 (Chair)  Private Land Claims   Privileges and Election   Public Lands   Redistricting State Judiciary, Special   State Affairs   Treasury and Comptroller's Office   24th R.S. - 1895 Federal Relations   General Land Office   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Penitentiaries   Private Land Claims (Chair)  Privileges and Elections   Public Lands   Redistricting the State into Judicial Districts, Special   Rules   Towns and City Corporations

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