Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
S	27	Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Georgetown / Williamson	Bell, Burnet, Lampasas, Milam, Williamson
H	48	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽⁴⁾	Georgetown / Williamson	Burnet, Williamson
H	48	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th ⁽⁵⁾	Georgetown / Williamson	Burnet, Williamson

(1) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal.
(2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(4) Listed in "Representatives Elected: Opposition." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(5) Included "[a]mong 1855 legislators that this writer has positively identified as Know Nothings." The party was active in Texas at the state level between 1855 and 1857. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 414, 416-417. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: W.C. Dalrymple, Georgetown, Williamson County, nativity North Carolina, farmer, age 52 in 1866 (born circa 1814). Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

DALRYMPLE, WILLIAM CORNELIUS (1814-1898). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together With a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, pp. 698-699. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

Colonel of Cavalry and Commander in Chief of the Texas militia, conferred by Governor Sam Houston, 10/10/1860. Confederate States Army, Private, Arkansas, 1862. Lewis Publishing Company. History of Texas, Together With a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties, 1893, p. 698. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Texas State Troops, Colonel. William Cornelius Dalrymple. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.

Other Resources

W.C. Dalrymple, birth date 8/3/1814, death date 3/29/1898, burial in Presbyterian Cemetery, Georgetown, Williamson County. Includes portrait, obituary in the Dallas Morning News 4/2/1898, and photo of William Cornelius Dalrymple historical marker. Find a Grave.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Text of William Cornelius Dalrymple historical marker in Georgetown, TX. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
Portrait, W.C. Dalrymple. Williamson County Historical Commission.

Photographs

Photograph. W.C. Dalrymple, 11th Legislature, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

11th session composite photo of Senate members (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History). By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Committee Information top

11th R.S. - 1866 Privileges and Elections (Chair)
7th R.S. - 1857 County Boundaries Judicial Districts Penitentiary
6th R.S. - 1855 County and County Boundaries Indian Affairs Military Affairs

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