Horace Chilton
{{Short description|American politician (1853–1932)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Horace Chilton
|image name = Horace Chilton.jpg
|jr/sr = United States Senator
|state = Texas
|term_start1 = June 10, 1891
|term_end1 = March 22, 1892
|appointer1 = Jim Hogg
|predecessor1 = John H. Reagan
|successor1 = Roger Q. Mills
|term_start2 = March 4, 1895
|term_end2 = March 3, 1901
|predecessor2 = Richard Coke
|successor2 = Joseph W. Bailey
|birth_date = {{birth date|1853|12|29}}
|birth_place = Tyler, Texas, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1932|6|12|1853|12|29}}
|death_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.
|party = Democratic
|spouse = {{Marriage|Mary W. Grinnan|February 20, 1877|1924|end=d.}}
|signature = Signature of Horace Chilton (1853–1932).png
}}
Horace Chilton (December 29, 1853 – June 12, 1932) was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States Senator from Texas.
Biography
Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing the tri-weekly Tyler Sun newspaper.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U11DAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA241 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=II |publisher=James T. White & Company |page=241 |year=1921 |access-date=2021-05-06 |via=Google Books}} At 19 he was admitted to the bar and served as assistant attorney general of Texas between 1881 and 1883 and as a delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1888 and 1896.
Appointed to the Senate upon John H. Reagan's resignation in 1891, Chilton was the first native Texan to serve in the United States Congress. Although he was defeated in the 1892 election for the seat, Chilton was elected to the Senate in 1894.
Chilton decided not to run for reelection in 1901, returning to practice law in Tyler and later Beaumont, Texas, where he worked with Spindletop oilfield operations. In 1906 he moved to Dallas, where he lived until his death.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77149814/horace-chilton-of-tyler-is-dead-part-1/ |title=Horace Chilton of Tyler is Dead |newspaper=Tyler Morning Telegraph |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77149975/horace-chilton-of-tyler-is-dead-part-2/ 3] |date=1932-06-14 |access-date=2021-05-06 |via=Newspapers.com}}
The Horace Chilton papers are held in the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History in Austin, Texas.
Personal life
Chilton married Mary W. Grinnan on February 20, 1877, and they had five or seven[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/449/mode/2up CHILTON, Horace] in Who's Who in America (vol. 14, 1926 edition); p. 449 children. She died in 1924.
He died at his home in Dallas on June 12, 1932, and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Tyler.
References
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- {{Handbook of Texas|id= fch30 |name=Horace Chilton}}
- {{CongBio|C000357|name=CHILTON, Horace|inline=1}}
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Category:Politicians from Beaumont, Texas
Category:Politicians from Dallas
Category:People from Tyler, Texas
Category:Democratic Party United States senators from Texas
Category:Candidates in the 1907 United States elections
Category:19th-century United States senators
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