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

SAYERS, WILLIAM BRANCH (1843-1898). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical and portrait of Joseph D. Sayers, pp. 359-374. Relatives: Joseph Draper Sayers and William B. Sayers - brothers. Year Book for Texas, 1901, 1902.

Military Service Notes

Wm. B. Sayers, enlistment date September 1861 in Gonzales County. FamilySearch Texas, Confederate Army and Commanding Officer Card Index, ca.1861-ca.1865.
Confederate States Army, 8th Texas Cavalry (Terry's Texas Rangers); later attained the rank of Major in the Adjutant General's Department. Handbook of Texas Online.

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

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

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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