Records 1901-1907

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Records 1901-1907

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Types of records are correspondence, reports, telegrams, petitions, opinions of the Attorney General and the Railroad Commission, proclamations, lists, letterpress books, bill analyses, and financial records dating from 1901 to 1907. Documents are records of Samuel W.T. Lanham's terms as governor of Texas. Much correspondence relates to pardons, rewards, extraditions, and requisitions, as well as requests and recommendations for appointment to office.

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Texas. Governor (1903-1907: Lanham)

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Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham served as governor of Texas from January 20, 1903 to January 15, 1907. Born (1846) and raised in South Carolina, Lanham was the last Confederate soldier to serve as governor of Texas. He immigrated to Texas in 1866 with his wife, settling in Red River County, and then in Weatherford in Parker County. Teaching school while he studied law, Lanham was admitted to the bar in 1869. He was soon appointed district attorney for the 11th District, covering most of West Texas. ...

Railroad Commission of Texas

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See the online finding aid for the agency history. From the description of Railroad Commission minutes, 1891-2004. (Texas State Library & Archives Commission). WorldCat record id: 320549398 From the description of Arkansas-White-Red River Basins Inter-Agency records, 1954-1956 bulk 1955 (Texas State Library & Archives Commission). WorldCat record id: 320551070 See online finding aid for agency history. From the description of Railroad Commission ...

Texas. Attorney-General's Office

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Instigated in 1956 when the Texas Attorney General sought to investigate the files of the NAACP branches in Houston and Dallas, the lawsuit in the 7th District Court of Texas in Smith County resulted in a permanent injunction, which prohibited the NAACP from involvement in political and litigious activities, restricting the organization to charitable and educational functions. From the description of State of Texas vs. NAACP case records, 1911-1961 1945-1961. (University of Texas Lib...

Texas. Office of the Governor

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During the 1950s Governor Price Daniel popularized a tradition of Texas governors honoring citizens of Texas by proclaiming them “Admirals in the Texas Navy.” Citizens receive their honorary title for a number of reasons such as special achievement in government service or athletics. The criteria and the selection is at the discretion of the governor. Many citizens are nominated by their state legislators. Native-born Texans are designated as “admirals;” non-native Texans are “honorary admirals....

Lanham, Samuel W. T. (Samuel Willis Tucker), 1846-1908

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