Back أوسكار برانش كولكويت Arabic اوسكار برانتش كولكويت ARZ اسکار برانچ کولکویت AZB Oscar Branch Colquitt German Anscharius Branch Colquitt Latin Oscar Branch Colquitt Portuguese Колкуитт, Оскар Брэнч Russian Oscar Branch Colquitt Swedish
Oscar Branch Colquitt | |
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| 25th Governor of Texas | |
| In office January 17, 1911 – January 19, 1915 | |
| Lieutenant | Asbury Bascom Davidson William Harding Mayes |
| Preceded by | Thomas Mitchell Campbell |
| Succeeded by | James E. Ferguson |
| Railroad Commissioner of Texas | |
| In office January 21, 1903 – January 17, 1911[1] | |
| Governor | S. W. T. Lanham Thomas Mitchell Campbell |
| Preceded by | John H. Reagan |
| Succeeded by | John L. Wortham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 16, 1861 Camilla, Georgia, Confederate States of America |
| Died | March 8, 1940 (aged 78) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Oakwood Cemetery Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Alice Fuller Murrell
(m. 1885) |
| Children | 5 |
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Oscar Branch Colquitt (December 16, 1861 – March 8, 1940) was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of Texas from January 17, 1911, to January 19, 1915. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Colquitt defended the actions of the Texas Rangers who allegedly crossed into Mexico in pursuit of the body of Clemente Vergara in March 1914.[2]
- ^ "Railroad Commissioners Past through Present". www.rrc.texas.gov. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ New York Times, March 10, 1914, pp. 1 & 8.