Edwin Augustus Atlee, Sr.

Full Name: Edwin Augustus Atlee, Sr.
Date of birth: March 16, 1846
Date of death: January 5, 1910

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	23	Jan 13, 1897 - Jan 8, 1901	25th ⁽²⁾ 26th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Laredo / Webb		Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal, Foley, Buchel
S	23	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 12, 1897	23rd ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 24th ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Laredo / Webb	Senate President Pro Tempore (23rd)	Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal, Foley, Buchel
S	27	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 10, 1893	21st ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ 22nd ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Laredo / Webb		Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Nueces, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala, Encinal
H	83	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Laredo / Webb		Duval, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal

(1) 26th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/10/1899, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(2) 25th Legislature - Not present at the organization of the Senate on 1/12/1897. Oath of office administered 1/13/1897, p. 5. Senate Journal.
(3) 24th Legislature - Roll of holdover Senators, 1/8/1895, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(4) 23rd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 5/6/1893, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(5) 23rd Legislature - All 31 Senators are listed in Roll Call on First Day, 1/10/1893, p. 1; resolution by Sen. Cranford that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/11/1893, p. 5; drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal. January 10, 1893 January 11, 1893
(6) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(7) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(8) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(9) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 23
Jan 13, 1897 - Jan 8, 1901
Legislatures: 25th ⁽²⁾ 26th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal, Foley, Buchel

Senate District 23
Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 23rd ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 24th ⁽³⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (23rd)
(23rd)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Aransas, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal, Foley, Buchel

Senate District 27
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 21st ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ 22nd ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Nueces, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala, Encinal

House District 83
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 19th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Laredo / Webb
Counties in district: Duval, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata, Encinal

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, "Lawmakers of Texas: Something about Men Who Left Records at Austin: Cranford, Bowser, Simpson, Atlee, Imboden, Steele, Greer and Douglass. Their Personal and Political Points," 8/27/1893, p. 13. Galveston Daily News.
ATLEE, EDWIN AUGUSTUS (1846-1910). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, E.A. Atlee, p. 7. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Portrait and biographical sketch, E.A. Atlee, pp. 209-212. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, E.A. Atlee, pp. 185-186. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch of Edwin Atlee, Sr., pp. 387-388. Born 3/16/1846; died in 1910. Relatives: Edwin Augustus Atlee, Sr. - father; Edwin Augustus Atlee, Jr. - son. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
Biographical sketch, E.A. Atlee, pp. 30-31. Born 3/16/1846 in Athens, Tennessee. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Hon. E.A. Atlee, pp. 331-334. Types of Successful Men of Texas, 1890.

Other Resources

"Senator Atlee," 6/20/1886, p. 4. "Mr. E.A. Atlee, of Laredo, permits us to announce his name as a candidate for State Senator, to fill the unexpired term occasioned by the death of senator E.F. Hall . . . Should he receive the nomination, which is equivalent to an election, the 27th. district will be ably represented.—Cotulla Ledger." Laredo Times.
"First Wireless Message," 8/7/1907, p. 10. San Antonio Light.

Photographs

Photograph. E.A. Atlee, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.A. Atlee, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.A. Atlee, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.A. Atlee, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.A. Atlee, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.A. Atlee, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.A. Atlee, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
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.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

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26th R.S. - 1899 Insurance, Statistics and History Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Mining and Irrigation Stock and Stock Raising Towns and City Corporations
25th R.S. - 1897 Agricultural & Mechanical College, Prairie View Normal, and Sam Houston Normal, Special Constitutional Amendments (Chair) Frontier Protection Insurance, Statistics and History Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Mining and Irrigation Public Lands Stock and Stock Raising Towns and City Corporations
24th R.S. - 1895 Constitutional Amendments Federal Relations Frontier Protection Judicial Districts (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Mining and Irrigation Public Health Public Lands Redistricting the State into Judicial Districts, Special Stock and Stock Raising Towns and City Corporations
23rd R.S. - 1893 Frontier Protection General Land Office Judicial Districts (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Military Affairs Mining and Irrigation Penitentiaries Public Health Roads and Bridges Treasurer's and Comptroller's Office
22nd R.S. - 1891 Apportionment and Representation Claims and Accounts Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Finance Frontier Protection (Chair) General Land Office Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Mining and Irrigation Privileges and Elections Public Debt Public Health (Chair) Public Lands Quarantine Laws Retrenchment and Reform Towns, Cities and Corporations
21st R.S. - 1889 Beef Combine ("Kansas committee") Claims and Accounts Commerce and Manufacture Constitutional Amendments Finance Frontier Protection General Land Office Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Mining, Geology and Irrigation Penitentiaries Privilege and Elections (Chair) Public Debt Public Health (Chair) Retrenchment and Reform
19th R.S. - 1885 Educational Judiciary No. 1 Public Buildings and Grounds

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