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William Branch Sayers

Full Name: William Branch Sayers
Date of birth: February 22, 1843
Date of death: February 24, 1898

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 27 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th   Democrat Gonzales / Gonzales   Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays
H 27 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th   Democrat Gonzales / Gonzales   Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

Other Resources

  • William Branch Sayers, birth date 2/22/1843, death date 2/24/1898, lawyer, born in Mississippi, brother of Joseph D. Sayers, son of David Sayers. Craddock/Sayers/Stuhler Families family tree. Ancestry.com.
  • Census of 1870 - William B. Sayers, Gonzales, Gonzales County, age 27, born circa 1843 in Mississippi, lawyer.
    Census of 1880 - Wm. B. Sayers, Gonzales, Gonzales County, age 37, born circa 1843 in Mississippi, lawyer and banker. FamilySearch. 1870 1880
  • William B. Sayers, birth date 2/22/1843, death date 2/24/1898, burial in Gonzales Masonic Cemetery, Gonzales County. Includes portrait and obituary with drawing of General William B. Sayers from The Houston Post, 2/25/1898. Find a Grave.

Photographs

  • Photograph. W.B. Sayers, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. W.B. Sayers, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
  • Photograph. W.B. Sayers, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

14th R.S. - 1874
Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
Finance  
Judges M. Walker and Wesley Ogden, Supreme Court  
Judiciary No. 1  
Military Affairs  
Rules  
State Affairs (Chair) 
13th R.S. - 1873
Apportionment  
Constitutional Amendments  
Engrossed Bills  
Federal Relations  
Impeachment Managers, John G. Scott, Judge of the Tenth Judicial District  
Judge T.C. Barden, 16th Judicial Court  
Judiciary No. 1  
Late Honorable Louis Frankee, Assassination (Co-Chair) 
State Penitentiary, Select  

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