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Cyrus Wesley Cotton Full Name: Cyrus Wesley Cotton Date of birth: February 19, 1853 Date of death: April 9, 1834 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 63 Jan 22, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1) (2)   Democrat Hamilton / Hamilton   Coryell, Hamilton (1) Cotton unseated Charles E. Gass in election contest 1/22/1883, sworn the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, p. 263. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Other Resources Census of 1880 - C.W. Cotton, Hamilton, Hamilton County, age 27, born circa 1853 in Texas, attorney at law. Census of 1900 - Cyrus W. Cotton, Hamilton County, age 48, born February 1852 in Texas, county judge. Census of 1920 - Cyrus W. Cotton, McLennan County, Texas, age 66, born circa 1854 in Texas. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1920 Judge Cyrus W. Cotton, birth date 2/19/1853, death date 4/9/1834, retired lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Cyrus Wesley Cotton, birth date 2/19/1853, death date 4/9/1934, burial in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County. Includes biographical sketch. Find a Grave. Obituary and photo, "Judge C.W. Cotton Had Active Part in Texas' Growth," 4/15/1934, p. 21. Houston Chronicle. Photograph of Hamilton Bar Association including C.W. Cotton, The Hamilton Herald-News, Hamilton County Centennial Edition, 4/3/1958, p. 33, crediting the Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Photographs Photograph. C.W. Cotton, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 18th R.S. - 1883 Claims and Accounts   Engrossed Bills   Fence Cutting   Public Printing

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