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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...fall of 1882; was appointed United States attorney for the western district of Texas under President Cleveland in the fall of 1885, and served four years; reentered the practice of the law with his former partner, the late Hon. William H. Crain; was elected on April 7, 1896, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his partner; was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 18,319 votes, to 14,687 for B. L. Crouch, Republican. TWELFTH DISTRICT. (Population, 136,088.) Counties.--Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Brewster, Buchel, Conial, Concho, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards, Foley, Gillespie, Glasscock, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Kendall, Kimble, Kinney, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, San Saba, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green, Upton, and Valverde (37 counties). JAMES L. SLAYDEN, Democrat, of San Antonio, was born June 1, 1853, in Graves County, Ky.; was educated at the country schools of his native State and at Washington and Lee University, "Virginia; was a cotton merchant; was a member of the Twenty-third legislature of Texas in 1892; declined reelection, and was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, and reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress, receiving 16,363 votes, to 10,472 for George H. Noonan, Republican, 2,110 for A. B. Surber, Populist, and 212 for Frank Leitner, Socialist Labor. THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. (Population, 190,080.) Counties.--Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, El Paso, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Gregg, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hoc...
