William Stedman, birth date 3/13/1822, death date 11/6/1890, burial in Marshall Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County. Includes portrait, biographical sketch. Find a Grave.
Obituary, Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 11/8/1890, p. 7. "He was a member of the legislature of this state in 1854 . . ." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Included on list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," Vol. 82, No. 3, p. 238, 256-262. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
Mentioned as an "old-line Whig" in "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," Vol. 82, No. 3, p. 245. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
Stedman was nominated as Know-Nothing candidate for state attorney general in 1856. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," Vol. 70, No. 3, p417. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.

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6th R.S. - 1855
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