William H. Pyle

Full Name: William H. Pyle
Date of birth: June 9, 1833
Date of death: February 9, 1891

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	20	Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874	12th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 13th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Kaufman / Kaufman		Ellis, Hill, Kaufman, Navarro

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) Democrat. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
(3) 13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(4) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(5) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Reports concerning the election contest between J.H. Lippard and W.H. Pyle. Committee on Elections recommends Pyle retain his seat, 2/21/1870, printed in journal 2/22/1870, pp. 34-36. Senate Journal.
(6) 12th Legislature - party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

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Senate District 20
Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 12th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 13th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Kaufman / Kaufman
Counties in district: Ellis, Hill, Kaufman, Navarro

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, William H. Pyle, M.D., pp. 694-695. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Death notices and biographical sketch, Dr. W.H. Pyle. Born either 6/9 or 7/9/1833, died 2/9/1891. Kaufman County, TXGenWeb Project.

Other Resources

William H. Pyle, Kaufman, Kaufman County, born in Ohio, physician, age 37. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.

Photographs

Photograph. William H. Pyle, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. Dr. W.H. Pyle, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

13th R.S. - 1873 Agriculture (Chair) Contingent Expenses (Chair) Federal Relations Immigration Internal Improvements Penitentiary Roads, Bridges and Ferries
12th Adjourned - 1871 Claims and Accounts Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts, Examine Immigration Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Internal Improvements Superintendent of Education
12th R.S. - 1871 Claims and Accounts Examine Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Immigration Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Internal Improvements
12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Claims and Accounts Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts, Examine Immigration Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection Internal Improvements
12th Provisional - 1870 Printing

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