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Cyrus Wesley Cotton
Full Name: Cyrus Wesley Cotton
Date of birth: February 19, 1853
Date of death: April 9, 1834
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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63
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Jan 22, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
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18th
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Democrat
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Hamilton / Hamilton
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Coryell, Hamilton
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(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.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, p. 263.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
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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).
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Photographs |
Photograph.
C.W. Cotton, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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