Joseph D. Sayers

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Joseph D. Sayers

Joseph Draper Sayers (born September 23, 1841 in Grenada , Mississippi , † May 15, 1929 in Austin , Texas ) was an American politician and governor of the state of Texas from 1899 to 1903 . Between 1885 and 1899 he was a member of the US House of Representatives .

Early years

In 1851 Joseph Sayers came to Bastrop , Texas with his father . There he attended the Bastrop Military Institute between 1852 and 1860 . When the civil war broke out , he joined the army of the Confederate States , where he should make it to major by the end of the war. After the end of the war he studied law in Bastrop. After his admission to the bar in 1866, he practiced for ten years in a joint law firm with his partner George Jones.

Political rise

Joseph Sayers became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1873 and 1879 he was a member of the Texas Senate and from 1875 to 1878 the executive committee of his party in Texas. From 1879 to 1881 he was Vice Governor Deputy Governor Oran M. Roberts in his first term. Between March 4, 1885 and January 16, 1899, Sayers represented his state as a member of Congress . There he was in the legislative period from 1893 to 1895 (53rd Congress) chairman of the budget committee. In Congress, he was able to enforce the Texas Rangers' pension rights for their service during the Indian Wars. In 1898, Sayers was elected the new governor of Texas.

Texas Governor

John Sayers took up his new office on January 17, 1899. The day before, he resigned from Congress. After a re-election in 1900 Sayers could serve as governor until January 20, 1903. His tenure was overshadowed by three natural disasters. First the state prison in Huntsville was destroyed by fire, then a flood on the Brazos River caused great damage in 1899 and finally the city of Galveston was hit by a hurricane in 1900 .

Another résumé

After the end of his governorship, Sayers worked as a lawyer in San Antonio . He also became a member of the board of directors of the University of Texas . In 1916 he supported this university in their dispute with the then governor James E. Ferguson . Sayers was also a member of the committee dealing with industrial injury compensation from 1913 to 1915, and a member of the pardons committee from 1927 until his death. The ex-governor, who died on May 15, 1929, was married to Orline Walton.

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SURNAME Sayers, Joseph D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sayers, Joseph Draper (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Grenada , Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1929
Place of death Austin , Texas