Robert Teague Milner Papers, 1852-1913

Texas. Department of Agriculture

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In 1974, the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) established the Family Land Heritage Program in order to honor families who have continuously operated Texas farms and ranches for at least 100 years. That same year, the TDA printed the first registry of honorees and hosted the first Family Land Heritage Day, during which the families received certificates by the Agricultural Commissioner. The program still continues, with new honorees accepted to the registry every year. Applicants submit a fo...

Texas A&M University

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The history of Texas A&M University, the first public institution of higher education in Texas, began in 1871, when the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was established as a land-grant college by the Texas Legislature. Classes began on October 4, 1876. Although Texas A&M was originally scheduled to be established under the Texas Constitution as a branch of the yet-to-be-created University of Texas, subsequent acts of the Texas Legislature never gave the university any authority over ...

Cushing, E. B. (Edward Benjamin), 1864-1924

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Bailey, Joseph W. (Joseph Weldon), 1863-1929

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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives

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Texas State Representative Fred M. Bosse was born on July 18, 1947. He received his BS from Texas A&M University and his JD in 1972 from the University of Houston, Bates College of Law. Bosse was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1990 and served through 2002 as a Democrat from Houston, representing District 128, Harris County (part). While in the House, he served on the following committees: Science and Technology (1991-1992); Natural Resources (1991-1994); Transportation (Vic...

Colquitt, Oscar Branch, 1861-1940

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Texas state senator (1895-1899); Texas railroad commissioner (1903-1911); governor of Texas (1910-1915); U.S. Senate candidate (1916); member of the United States Board of Mediation (1929-1933); representative of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1935-1940). Newspaperman and lawyer. From the guide to the Oscar Branch Colquitt Papers, 1873-1941., (Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) Texas state senator (1895-1899); Texas railroad...

Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, 1938-1898

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Texas. Legislature. Senate

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Senator Hugh Q. Parmer, a Democrat from Fort Worth, served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1962 to 1964 for the 58th and 59th Legislatures and was elected to the Texas Senate in 1982 for the 68th through the 71st Legislatures (1983-1989) representing District 12 which encompasses part of Tarrant County. Parmer holds a BA from Yale University and was president of Parmer Marketing Company, Inc. In 1977, Parmer was elected Mayor of Fort Worth after serving a two-year term on the Fort Wor...

Brackenridge, George Washington

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Milner, Robert Teague

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Arnold and Mary Milner moved to the Henderson, Texas area from Cherokee County, Alabama, bringing their young son Robert Teague Milner (1851-1923) with them. After teaching school for fifteen years, Robert purchased the Henderson Times in 1881, which he published and edited for twenty-five years. His experience as a teacher aided him in becoming the chairman of the committee on education during his time in the House of, 1887-1892. He established t...

Young, James, 1866-1942

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Hicks, James O.

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Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905

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U.S. Representative and Senator from Texas; Confederate Postmaster General. From the description of Letter to John W. Swindell, 1878 December 1. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50734517 Postmaster General, C.S.A. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Palestine, Texas, to George W. Paschal, Jr., 1877 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616448 Born in Sevier County, Tennessee, John Henniger Reagan (1818-1905) c...

Milner, R. T. (Robert Teague), 1851-1923

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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Public Education

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The House Committee on Public Education is a standing committee of the Texas House of Representatives. The committee designs and creates the House policies on public education matters. As a standing committee, the Committee on Public Education functions continuously, including the interim between legislative sessions. The Committee on Public Education's chairman during the 71st and 72nd Legislatures was Representative Ernestine Glossbrenner. As chairman of this committee, Representative Glossbre...

Kone, Edward R. (Edward Reeves), 1848-1933

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