Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	7	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	Savoy / Fannin	Fannin
H	21	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Savoy / Fannin	Fannin
H	21	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Savoy / Fannin	Fannin

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(3) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Hon. William J. Hood, p. 408. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Biographical sketch, William J. Hood, pp. 363-364. Born 11/3/1841 in Roan County, Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, William Jordan Hood, p. 216. Birth date 11/3/1841, death date 4/11/1916. Bonham Public Library. Fannin County Folks & Facts, 1977, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, 26th Tennessee Infantry, Company A; Confederate Cavalry, Company H, 3rd Regiment; Adjutant of Cavalry Battalion; Sergeant Major, Captain and Adjutant, per widow's application. William Jordan Hood, death date 4/11/1916 in Fannin County, widow Mrs. Leila Evans Hood, marriage date 11/14/1906 in Tarrant County. Application rejected 12/30/1942. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, 26th Tennessee Infantry, Company A; transferred to 3rd Confederate Cavalry, Company H, Sergeant Major; adjutant in reorganization of Cobb and Phillips Legion into a cavalry battalion. United Daughters of the Confederacy records, biographical sketches of William Jordan Hood, Lee Deatherage, and Robert Allen Deatherage. Fannin County, TXGenWeb Project.

Other Resources

William Jourdan Hood, birth date 11/3/1841 in Tennessee; death date 4/11/1916 in Fannin County, Texas; farmer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
W.J. Hood, birth date 11/3/1841, death date 4/11/1916, burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Whitewright, Fannin County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. W.J. Hood, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. W.J. Hood, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.T. Hood, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893 Contingent Expenses (Chair) Public Health and Vital Statistics State Affairs State Asylums
22nd R.S. - 1891 Agricultural and Mechanical College, Sam Houston and Prairie View Normal Schools, and the State University, Visit Penitentiaries Public Debt Public Health and Vital Statistics State Affairs State Asylums
21st R.S. - 1889 Capitol Grounds Counties and County Boundaries Judicial Districts Penitentiaries State Affairs

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