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(Star and Wreath) Legislator, judge, newspaperman. Came to Texas from Arkansas. Member 1861 Texas Secession Convention. Chosen delegate to provisional Confederate Congress, Montgomery, Ala. Sent Arkansas to work for secession by Jefferson Davis 1861. Texas Confederate Senator 1862-1865. Influential defender of of states rights, and granting president power to suspend writ of habeas corpus. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy.
Oldham, W. S., Texas Confederate Senator is a historical marker in Vega, Oldham County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 10 historical markers documented in Oldham County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 12 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 35.2469, -102.4281 near Vega. The nearest cataloged historic site is Loyd, Doctor Oscar H., Home County of (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Tascosa, Oldham County Courthouse, and Memorial Park.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5359001088. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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