HON. ROBERT N. STAFFORD, MINEOLA.
It is a pleasure to the writer to devote a page of this initial volume of what he hopes will prove an interesting and historically valuable series, to placing on record a few facts concerning a valued friend whose talents as a lawyer, ability as a legislature, and genuine patriotism he sincerely admires. Robert N. Stafford was born in Upson county, Georgia, November 6, 1856, the son of a family distinguished for its worth. Graduating from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, in July, 1876, he came to Texas in the autumn of that year, and in 1877 taught school at Douglasville with Maj. J. H. Granberry. In the spring of 1878 he went to Quitman and there taught school and read law until the early part of 1879, at which time he stood a creditable examination in the district court and was admitted to the bar. His good qualities had become very generally known and he was put forward for and elected County Attorney in 1880, and in 1886 and 1888 was elected District Attorney. He was Master Chancery for the I. & G. N. Ry. Co. in 1891 and 1892; was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1892, and was elected to the State Senate in 1894 and re-elected in 1898. His services as State Senator have extended over the sessions of the Twenty-forth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Legislatures. January 11, 1899, he was elected by a unanimous vote President Pro Tem. of the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature. May 25th following, when the Legislature was on the eve of adjourning, Senators Potter and McGee offered a set of resolutions that were adopted without a dissenting vote, and of which the following constituted a part: Be it resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby extended the President of the Senate, Lieutenant-Governor Browning, and to the President Pro Tem., Senator Stafford, for the marked ability and fairness with which they have presided over the Senate during the session and for the kindness and impartiality with which they have treated Senators. In the Senate, May 16, 1899, Senator Hanger, being recognized, yielded the floor to Assistant Journal Clerk Thomas H Napier, who, on behalf of the officers and employes of the Senate, presented an elegant gold-headed cane to Mr. Stafford, as a testimonial of esteem, making an excellent complimentary address to which Mr. Stafford suitably replied. During the sessions of the Twentyseventh Legislature Senator Stafford was Chairman of Judiciary Committee No. 1, one of the most important, if not the most important, of the standing committees. Upon entering the Legislature he at once took rank as a man of solid learning, purity of motive, and well-defined convictions on questions that arose for consideration, and from the vantage ground of such a position he labored effectively for sound and needed legislation and added not a few laurels to his fame. Lieutenant-Governor Browning appointed him one of the two Senators on the legislative committee created by joint resolution of the Twenty-seventh Legislature to investigate the various State departments and institutions. A fitting tribute, this, to his ability and moral courage! Senator Stafford is married and has an interesting family. He is a member of the M.E. Church, South, and of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities. His term as Senator from the Seventh District (Smith, Rains, Van Zandt, Gregg and Upshur counties) expires this year (1902). And indications now point to his re-nomination as Senator without opposition by the Democratic party, and his assured election at the polls. [Source: Year Book for Texas; Caldwell Walton Raines; Gammel Book Company (1902)]
STAFFORD, ROBT. N.
Mineola
Senator from the Seventh Senatorial District, composed of Smith, Wood, Raines, Van Zandt, Gregg and Upshur Counties, was born in Upson County, Ga., November 6, 1856.
He was the second of two sons born to James H. and Martha S. (Moreland) Stafford. His father died at Covington, Ga., in 1879, and his mother at Mineola, Texas, in 1892. Of his brothers (graduate, like himself of Emory College, Oxford, Ga.) Revs. James A. and Isaac T. Stafford are prominent ministers of the M. E. Church, South, and Benjamin A. Stafford, a leading teacher in this state.
Senator Stafford graduated from Emory College in the class of 1876 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts; moved to Texas in the fall of that year; taught school in Cass County in 1877, and in Titus County in 1878; read law, and in the spring of 1879 was admitted to the bar in Wood County and has since been actively engaged in practice at Mineola, where he is at present a member of the law firm of Giles, Stafford & Harris.
He was County Attorney of Wood County from 1880 to 1882 District Attorney of the Tyler district from 1884 to 1888, inclusive, and in 1894 was elected to the State Senate from the Seventh Senatorial district
In the Twenty-fourth Legislature he was Chairman of the committee on Private Land Claims, and a member of the following committees: Judiciary No. 1, Judicial Districts, Penitentiaries, Towns and City Corporations, Public Lands, Federal Relations, Privileges and Elections, General Land Office, and Rules, and at the present session is Chairman of Judiciary Committee No. 2, and a member of the following Senate Committees: Public Lands, Judicial Districts, State Affairs, Treasurer's and Comptroller's Offices, and Private Land Claims.
He was married to Miss Ella Read, daughter of Judge R. N. Read, of Mineola, December 20, 1882 and has four children: Moreland Read, Chilton Finley, Maud and Robert N.
Senator Stafford is a member of the M E. Church, South, and Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities.
He has attended county, district and congressional conventions, and all State Democratic conventions, held since 1880; was a delegate to the national Democratic convention held at Chicago in 1892, and has, besides thoroughly canvassing his immediate district, delivered speeches in many other counties of the state during various campaigns in the interest of Democracy. He was confined at his home by sickness until one month after the opening of the Twenty-fifth Legislature; but, on entering the Senate, was an earnest, active, supporter of all administration measures.
At the present session he favors all the platform demands of the Democratic Party and has introduced several important bills in compliance therewith. (Source: Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, E. H. Loughery, McLeod & Jackson, 1897 - Transcribed by sd )
It is a pleasure to the writer to devote a page of this initial volume of what he hopes will prove an interesting and historically valuable series, to placing on record a few facts concerning a valued friend whose talents as a lawyer, ability as a legislature, and genuine patriotism he sincerely admires. Robert N. Stafford was born in Upson county, Georgia, November 6, 1856, the son of a family distinguished for its worth. Graduating from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, in July, 1876, he came to Texas in the autumn of that year, and in 1877 taught school at Douglasville with Maj. J. H. Granberry. In the spring of 1878 he went to Quitman and there taught school and read law until the early part of 1879, at which time he stood a creditable examination in the district court and was admitted to the bar. His good qualities had become very generally known and he was put forward for and elected County Attorney in 1880, and in 1886 and 1888 was elected District Attorney. He was Master Chancery for the I. & G. N. Ry. Co. in 1891 and 1892; was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1892, and was elected to the State Senate in 1894 and re-elected in 1898. His services as State Senator have extended over the sessions of the Twenty-forth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Legislatures. January 11, 1899, he was elected by a unanimous vote President Pro Tem. of the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature. May 25th following, when the Legislature was on the eve of adjourning, Senators Potter and McGee offered a set of resolutions that were adopted without a dissenting vote, and of which the following constituted a part: Be it resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby extended the President of the Senate, Lieutenant-Governor Browning, and to the President Pro Tem., Senator Stafford, for the marked ability and fairness with which they have presided over the Senate during the session and for the kindness and impartiality with which they have treated Senators. In the Senate, May 16, 1899, Senator Hanger, being recognized, yielded the floor to Assistant Journal Clerk Thomas H Napier, who, on behalf of the officers and employes of the Senate, presented an elegant gold-headed cane to Mr. Stafford, as a testimonial of esteem, making an excellent complimentary address to which Mr. Stafford suitably replied. During the sessions of the Twentyseventh Legislature Senator Stafford was Chairman of Judiciary Committee No. 1, one of the most important, if not the most important, of the standing committees. Upon entering the Legislature he at once took rank as a man of solid learning, purity of motive, and well-defined convictions on questions that arose for consideration, and from the vantage ground of such a position he labored effectively for sound and needed legislation and added not a few laurels to his fame. Lieutenant-Governor Browning appointed him one of the two Senators on the legislative committee created by joint resolution of the Twenty-seventh Legislature to investigate the various State departments and institutions. A fitting tribute, this, to his ability and moral courage! Senator Stafford is married and has an interesting family. He is a member of the M.E. Church, South, and of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities. His term as Senator from the Seventh District (Smith, Rains, Van Zandt, Gregg and Upshur counties) expires this year (1902). And indications now point to his re-nomination as Senator without opposition by the Democratic party, and his assured election at the polls. [Source: Year Book for Texas; Caldwell Walton Raines; Gammel Book Company (1902)]
STAFFORD, ROBT. N.
Mineola
Senator from the Seventh Senatorial District, composed of Smith, Wood, Raines, Van Zandt, Gregg and Upshur Counties, was born in Upson County, Ga., November 6, 1856.
He was the second of two sons born to James H. and Martha S. (Moreland) Stafford. His father died at Covington, Ga., in 1879, and his mother at Mineola, Texas, in 1892. Of his brothers (graduate, like himself of Emory College, Oxford, Ga.) Revs. James A. and Isaac T. Stafford are prominent ministers of the M. E. Church, South, and Benjamin A. Stafford, a leading teacher in this state.
Senator Stafford graduated from Emory College in the class of 1876 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts; moved to Texas in the fall of that year; taught school in Cass County in 1877, and in Titus County in 1878; read law, and in the spring of 1879 was admitted to the bar in Wood County and has since been actively engaged in practice at Mineola, where he is at present a member of the law firm of Giles, Stafford & Harris.
He was County Attorney of Wood County from 1880 to 1882 District Attorney of the Tyler district from 1884 to 1888, inclusive, and in 1894 was elected to the State Senate from the Seventh Senatorial district
In the Twenty-fourth Legislature he was Chairman of the committee on Private Land Claims, and a member of the following committees: Judiciary No. 1, Judicial Districts, Penitentiaries, Towns and City Corporations, Public Lands, Federal Relations, Privileges and Elections, General Land Office, and Rules, and at the present session is Chairman of Judiciary Committee No. 2, and a member of the following Senate Committees: Public Lands, Judicial Districts, State Affairs, Treasurer's and Comptroller's Offices, and Private Land Claims.
He was married to Miss Ella Read, daughter of Judge R. N. Read, of Mineola, December 20, 1882 and has four children: Moreland Read, Chilton Finley, Maud and Robert N.
Senator Stafford is a member of the M E. Church, South, and Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities.
He has attended county, district and congressional conventions, and all State Democratic conventions, held since 1880; was a delegate to the national Democratic convention held at Chicago in 1892, and has, besides thoroughly canvassing his immediate district, delivered speeches in many other counties of the state during various campaigns in the interest of Democracy. He was confined at his home by sickness until one month after the opening of the Twenty-fifth Legislature; but, on entering the Senate, was an earnest, active, supporter of all administration measures.
At the present session he favors all the platform demands of the Democratic Party and has introduced several important bills in compliance therewith. (Source: Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, E. H. Loughery, McLeod & Jackson, 1897 - Transcribed by sd )
HON. ROBERT N. STAFFORD, MINEOLA.
It is a pleasure to the writer to devote a page of this initial volume of what he hopes will prove an interesting and historically valuable series, to placing on record a few facts concerning a valued friend whose talents as a lawyer, ability as a legislature, and genuine patriotism he sincerely admires. Robert N. Stafford was born in Upson county, Georgia, November 6, 1856, the son of a family distinguished for its worth. Graduating from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, in July, 1876, he came to Texas in the autumn of that year, and in 1877 taught school at Douglasville with Maj. J. H. Granberry. In the spring of 1878 he went to Quitman and there taught school and read law until the early part of 1879, at which time he stood a creditable examination in the district court and was admitted to the bar. His good qualities had become very generally known and he was put forward for and elected County Attorney in 1880, and in 1886 and 1888 was elected District Attorney. He was Master Chancery for the I. & G. N. Ry. Co. in 1891 and 1892; was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1892, and was elected to the State Senate in 1894 and re-elected in 1898. His services as State Senator have extended over the sessions of the Twenty-forth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Legislatures. January 11, 1899, he was elected by a unanimous vote President Pro Tem. of the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature. May 25th following, when the Legislature was on the eve of adjourning, Senators Potter and McGee offered a set of resolutions that were adopted without a dissenting vote, and of which the following constituted a part: Be it resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby extended the President of the Senate, Lieutenant-Governor Browning, and to the President Pro Tem., Senator Stafford, for the marked ability and fairness with which they have presided over the Senate during the session and for the kindness and impartiality with which they have treated Senators. In the Senate, May 16, 1899, Senator Hanger, being recognized, yielded the floor to Assistant Journal Clerk Thomas H Napier, who, on behalf of the officers and employes of the Senate, presented an elegant gold-headed cane to Mr. Stafford, as a testimonial of esteem, making an excellent complimentary address to which Mr. Stafford suitably replied. During the sessions of the Twentyseventh Legislature Senator Stafford was Chairman of Judiciary Committee No. 1, one of the most important, if not the most important, of the standing committees. Upon entering the Legislature he at once took rank as a man of solid learning, purity of motive, and well-defined convictions on questions that arose for consideration, and from the vantage ground of such a position he labored effectively for sound and needed legislation and added not a few laurels to his fame. Lieutenant-Governor Browning appointed him one of the two Senators on the legislative committee created by joint resolution of the Twenty-seventh Legislature to investigate the various State departments and institutions. A fitting tribute, this, to his ability and moral courage! Senator Stafford is married and has an interesting family. He is a member of the M.E. Church, South, and of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities. His term as Senator from the Seventh District (Smith, Rains, Van Zandt, Gregg and Upshur counties) expires this year (1902). And indications now point to his re-nomination as Senator without opposition by the Democratic party, and his assured election at the polls. [Source: Year Book for Texas; Caldwell Walton Raines; Gammel Book Company (1902)]
STAFFORD, ROBT. N.
Mineola
Senator from the Seventh Senatorial District, composed of Smith, Wood, Raines, Van Zandt, Gregg and Upshur Counties, was born in Upson County, Ga., November 6, 1856.
He was the second of two sons born to James H. and Martha S. (Moreland) Stafford. His father died at Covington, Ga., in 1879, and his mother at Mineola, Texas, in 1892. Of his brothers (graduate, like himself of Emory College, Oxford, Ga.) Revs. James A. and Isaac T. Stafford are prominent ministers of the M. E. Church, South, and Benjamin A. Stafford, a leading teacher in this state.
Senator Stafford graduated from Emory College in the class of 1876 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts; moved to Texas in the fall of that year; taught school in Cass County in 1877, and in Titus County in 1878; read law, and in the spring of 1879 was admitted to the bar in Wood County and has since been actively engaged in practice at Mineola, where he is at present a member of the law firm of Giles, Stafford & Harris.
He was County Attorney of Wood County from 1880 to 1882 District Attorney of the Tyler district from 1884 to 1888, inclusive, and in 1894 was elected to the State Senate from the Seventh Senatorial district
In the Twenty-fourth Legislature he was Chairman of the committee on Private Land Claims, and a member of the following committees: Judiciary No. 1, Judicial Districts, Penitentiaries, Towns and City Corporations, Public Lands, Federal Relations, Privileges and Elections, General Land Office, and Rules, and at the present session is Chairman of Judiciary Committee No. 2, and a member of the following Senate Committees: Public Lands, Judicial Districts, State Affairs, Treasurer's and Comptroller's Offices, and Private Land Claims.
He was married to Miss Ella Read, daughter of Judge R. N. Read, of Mineola, December 20, 1882 and has four children: Moreland Read, Chilton Finley, Maud and Robert N.
Senator Stafford is a member of the M E. Church, South, and Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities.
He has attended county, district and congressional conventions, and all State Democratic conventions, held since 1880; was a delegate to the national Democratic convention held at Chicago in 1892, and has, besides thoroughly canvassing his immediate district, delivered speeches in many other counties of the state during various campaigns in the interest of Democracy. He was confined at his home by sickness until one month after the opening of the Twenty-fifth Legislature; but, on entering the Senate, was an earnest, active, supporter of all administration measures.
At the present session he favors all the platform demands of the Democratic Party and has introduced several important bills in compliance therewith. (Source: Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, E. H. Loughery, McLeod & Jackson, 1897 - Transcribed by sd )
It is a pleasure to the writer to devote a page of this initial volume of what he hopes will prove an interesting and historically valuable series, to placing on record a few facts concerning a valued friend whose talents as a lawyer, ability as a legislature, and genuine patriotism he sincerely admires. Robert N. Stafford was born in Upson county, Georgia, November 6, 1856, the son of a family distinguished for its worth. Graduating from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, in July, 1876, he came to Texas in the autumn of that year, and in 1877 taught school at Douglasville with Maj. J. H. Granberry. In the spring of 1878 he went to Quitman and there taught school and read law until the early part of 1879, at which time he stood a creditable examination in the district court and was admitted to the bar. His good qualities had become very generally known and he was put forward for and elected County Attorney in 1880, and in 1886 and 1888 was elected District Attorney. He was Master Chancery for the I. & G. N. Ry. Co. in 1891 and 1892; was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1892, and was elected to the State Senate in 1894 and re-elected in 1898. His services as State Senator have extended over the sessions of the Twenty-forth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Legislatures. January 11, 1899, he was elected by a unanimous vote President Pro Tem. of the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature. May 25th following, when the Legislature was on the eve of adjourning, Senators Potter and McGee offered a set of resolutions that were adopted without a dissenting vote, and of which the following constituted a part: Be it resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are hereby extended the President of the Senate, Lieutenant-Governor Browning, and to the President Pro Tem., Senator Stafford, for the marked ability and fairness with which they have presided over the Senate during the session and for the kindness and impartiality with which they have treated Senators. In the Senate, May 16, 1899, Senator Hanger, being recognized, yielded the floor to Assistant Journal Clerk Thomas H Napier, who, on behalf of the officers and employes of the Senate, presented an elegant gold-headed cane to Mr. Stafford, as a testimonial of esteem, making an excellent complimentary address to which Mr. Stafford suitably replied. During the sessions of the Twentyseventh Legislature Senator Stafford was Chairman of Judiciary Committee No. 1, one of the most important, if not the most important, of the standing committees. Upon entering the Legislature he at once took rank as a man of solid learning, purity of motive, and well-defined convictions on questions that arose for consideration, and from the vantage ground of such a position he labored effectively for sound and needed legislation and added not a few laurels to his fame. Lieutenant-Governor Browning appointed him one of the two Senators on the legislative committee created by joint resolution of the Twenty-seventh Legislature to investigate the various State departments and institutions. A fitting tribute, this, to his ability and moral courage! Senator Stafford is married and has an interesting family. He is a member of the M.E. Church, South, and of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities. His term as Senator from the Seventh District (Smith, Rains, Van Zandt, Gregg and Upshur counties) expires this year (1902). And indications now point to his re-nomination as Senator without opposition by the Democratic party, and his assured election at the polls. [Source: Year Book for Texas; Caldwell Walton Raines; Gammel Book Company (1902)]
STAFFORD, ROBT. N.
Mineola
Senator from the Seventh Senatorial District, composed of Smith, Wood, Raines, Van Zandt, Gregg and Upshur Counties, was born in Upson County, Ga., November 6, 1856.
He was the second of two sons born to James H. and Martha S. (Moreland) Stafford. His father died at Covington, Ga., in 1879, and his mother at Mineola, Texas, in 1892. Of his brothers (graduate, like himself of Emory College, Oxford, Ga.) Revs. James A. and Isaac T. Stafford are prominent ministers of the M. E. Church, South, and Benjamin A. Stafford, a leading teacher in this state.
Senator Stafford graduated from Emory College in the class of 1876 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts; moved to Texas in the fall of that year; taught school in Cass County in 1877, and in Titus County in 1878; read law, and in the spring of 1879 was admitted to the bar in Wood County and has since been actively engaged in practice at Mineola, where he is at present a member of the law firm of Giles, Stafford & Harris.
He was County Attorney of Wood County from 1880 to 1882 District Attorney of the Tyler district from 1884 to 1888, inclusive, and in 1894 was elected to the State Senate from the Seventh Senatorial district
In the Twenty-fourth Legislature he was Chairman of the committee on Private Land Claims, and a member of the following committees: Judiciary No. 1, Judicial Districts, Penitentiaries, Towns and City Corporations, Public Lands, Federal Relations, Privileges and Elections, General Land Office, and Rules, and at the present session is Chairman of Judiciary Committee No. 2, and a member of the following Senate Committees: Public Lands, Judicial Districts, State Affairs, Treasurer's and Comptroller's Offices, and Private Land Claims.
He was married to Miss Ella Read, daughter of Judge R. N. Read, of Mineola, December 20, 1882 and has four children: Moreland Read, Chilton Finley, Maud and Robert N.
Senator Stafford is a member of the M E. Church, South, and Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities.
He has attended county, district and congressional conventions, and all State Democratic conventions, held since 1880; was a delegate to the national Democratic convention held at Chicago in 1892, and has, besides thoroughly canvassing his immediate district, delivered speeches in many other counties of the state during various campaigns in the interest of Democracy. He was confined at his home by sickness until one month after the opening of the Twenty-fifth Legislature; but, on entering the Senate, was an earnest, active, supporter of all administration measures.
At the present session he favors all the platform demands of the Democratic Party and has introduced several important bills in compliance therewith. (Source: Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, E. H. Loughery, McLeod & Jackson, 1897 - Transcribed by sd )
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