Peter Radford

Peter Radford

Full Name: Peter Radford
Date of birth: March 3, 1851
Date of death: December 1, 1918

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 79 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th (1) (2) (3)   Populist Whitt / Parker   Parker

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 79
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th (1) (2) (3)  
Party: Populist
Home City/County: Whitt / Parker
Counties in district: Parker

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Obituary, "Peter Radford Dead," The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Texas), 12/3/1918, p. 3. "He represented Parker county in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth legislatures, being elected on the Populist ticket."
    "Tribute to Peter Radford," The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Texas), 12/12/1918, p. 5. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). December 12, 1918 December 3, 1918

Other Resources

  • Peter Radford, birth date 3/3/1851 in Staunton, Virginia; death date 12/1/1918 in Madison, Wisconsin, burial in Whitt Cemetery, Whitt, Parker County. Includes portraits and reprint of obituary in Arlington Journal, 12/13/1918. Find a Grave.
  • Peter Radford of Whitt, Parker County, pp. 295, 318, 406, 432. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism, 2020.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895
Penitentiaries  
Roads, Bridges and Ferries  

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