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Home Texas Kaufman County Terrell Homesite of Gov. Oscar Branch Colquitt
     

Homesite of Gov. Oscar Branch Colquitt

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Terrell, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 44' 15.512676", -96° 16' 40.297728"
 
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    (1861-1940) (This block is the former homesite of) Twenty-fourth Governor of Texas (1911-1915). Known as The Napoleon of Texas Politics and Little Oscar because of his short stature, Colquitt was a strong and independent chief executive. His stump speeches were among the most effective of his times. A descendant of American Revolution and Civil War fighters, Colquitt was born in Georgia. He worked as a tenant farmer and newspaperman before serving as a Texas Senator. He was railroad commissioner, 1903-1911, and his efforts in office for Galveston gained him the title Daddy of the Causeway. In his second race for the office, he was elected Governor on an anti-Prohibition ticket. His legal residence was in Terrell during both terms and he had owned the Terrell Times-Star in the 1890s. While in office, Colquitt achieved prison reforms. (He campaigned with a bullwhip in hand to publicize prison brutality.) He helped preserve as a Texas shrine. Homes for the insane and retarded were improved under him, and he also spearheaded advancements in education and backed labor bills. In 1885 he had married Alice F. Murrell, by whom he had five children. After 1915 he entered private business and worked as a U.S. government official.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Homesite of Gov. Oscar Branch Colquitt Historical Marker Location Map, Terrell, Texas

 
   
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