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William Kercheval Homan Full Name: William Kercheval Homan Date of birth: August 14, 1847 Date of death: April 12, 1908 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 20 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2) (3)   Greenback Caldwell / Burleson   Austin, Burleson, Washington S 20 Jan 14, 1879 - Jul 9, 1879 16th (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)   Greenback Caldwell / Burleson   Austin, Burleson, Washington (1) Republican, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (2) Independent Greenbacker. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (3) 17th Legislature - 1/11/1881, p. 1. Listed as one of the "newly elected" Senators who "approached the President's desk and took the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution." Senate Journal. (4) "The returns from Austin county, as far as heard from, show the following ahead: for . . . legislature — Cochrane, dem.; senate, Homan, rep." 11/8/1878, p. 2 Galveston Daily News. (5) Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. (6) William K. Homan resigned 7/9/1879, and succeeded himself in special election 2/17/1880. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (7) 16th Legislature - 1/14/1879, p. 1. Listed as one of the "newly elected senators, approached the president's desk and took the oath of office prescribed by the constitution." Senate Journal. (8) 16th Legislature, Extra Session - William K. Homan resigned to assume duties of U.S. district attorney for the eastern district of Texas, 7/9/1879, pp. 349-350. Includes resolution and honors for Senator Homan on his resignation. Senate Journal. (9) Independent Greenbacker. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches HOMAN, WILLIAM KERCHEVAL (1847-1908). "In 1878 he was elected to represent District Twenty, comprising Burleson, Washington, and Brazos counties, in the Senate of the Sixteenth Texas Legislature, 1879–80. After one session he tendered his resignation, but it was never acted upon. He was reelected to the Seventeenth Legislature..." Handbook of Texas Online. Biography, p. 245. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Photographs Photograph. William Homan, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 17th R.S. - 1881 Constitutional Amendments   Enrolled Bills   Finance   General Land Office   Insurance, Statistics and History of Texas   Judiciary No. 2   Places of Business and Suitable Buildings for Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Commissioners of Appeals   Public Claims and Accounts   Public Debt   Public Printing   Quarters for State Departments, Select (Co-Chair)  Revision of Rules (Chair)  State Indebtedness   16th R.S. - 1879 Commerce and Manufactures   Finance   Governor's Message, Election of County Officers in Harrison and Smith Counties   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2   Land Frauds   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Lands   Public Printing   Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Retrenchment and Reform   Revision of Code

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