This Block is the Former Homesite of Gov. Oscar Branch Colquitt
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N 32° 44.263 W 096° 16.703
14S E 755032 N 3625488
Texas Historical Marker commemorating the political career of Oscar Branch Colquitt, a former Texas senator and governor whose home once occupied this site. There is a healthcare center here today, at the corner of N Frances and W Nash, Terrell, TX.
Waymark Code: WMEZJT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 8498

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(1861-1940) 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 1890's. While in office, Colquitt achieved prison reforms. (He campaigned with a bullwhip in hand to publicize prison brutality.) He helped preserve the Alamo 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. (1969)

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