History of Grenada, (Grenada County) Mississippi United States of America

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Biography of Joseph Draper Sayers

Joseph Draper Sayers, governor of Texas, was born at Grenada, Miss., Sept. 23, 1841; son of Dr. David and Mary Thomas (Peete) Sayers, and a descendant of John Sayers, a major in the Continental army in the Carolina campaign. He removed with his father to Bastrop, Texas, in 1851, and attended Bastrop Military institute; and in 1861 joined the Confederate army, serving 1861?65, and reaching the rank of major. He was admitted to the bar in 1866; was a Democratic senator in the Texas legislature in 1873; chairman of the Democratic state executive committee, 1875?78, and lieutenant-governor of Texas, 1879?80. He was married in 1879 to Orline, daughter of Williams and Maria Walton of Bastrop, Tex. He was a Democratic representative from the ninth and tenth districts of Texas respectively, in the 49th-55th congresses, serving from 1885 to 1898, when he resigned his seat to become Democratic candidate for governor, and he was elected, and re-elected in 1900, serving, 1899?1903.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor