| LC control no. | no2012141545 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Colquitt, Oscar Branch, 1861-1940 |
| See also | Texas. Governor (1911-1915 : Colquitt) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Dallas (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1861-12-16 |
| Death date | 1940-03-08 |
| Place of birth | Camilla (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Dallas (Tex.) |
| Affiliation | Texas. Legislature. Senate Railroad Commission of Texas Texas. Governor United States. Board of Mediation Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Governors |
| Found in | Colquitt's record, 1912 : p. [1] (O. B. Colquitt) OCLC, October 30, 2012 : (hdg.: Colquitt, Oscar Branch, 1861-1940 ; usage: O. B. Colquitt) Handbook of Texas Online, May 25, 2016: (Oscar Branch Colquitt; born Dec. 16, 1861, at Camilla, Georgia; family moved in 1878 to Daingerfield, Tex.; founded the Gazette at Pittsburg, Tex., in 1884; sold Gazette and published Times-Star of Terrell, Tex., from 1890-1897; served as state senator from 1895-1899; admitted to bar in 1900; served as state railroad commissioner from 1903-1911; elected governor in 1910 as an anti-prohibitionist; reelected in 1912, held office until 1915; served as president of a Dallas oil firm for a decade; member of the U.S. Board of Mediation, 1929-1933; field representative, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1935-1940) Ancestry, May 25, 2016: (Texas Dept. of Health, standard certificate of death; place of death, Dallas; date of death, Mar. 8, 1940) |
| Associated language | eng |
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