Oscar Branch Colquitt

Oscar Branch Colquitt
25th Governor of Texas
In office
January 17, 1911 – January 19, 1915
LieutenantAsbury Bascom Davidson
William Harding Mayes
Preceded byThomas Mitchell Campbell
Succeeded byJames E. Ferguson
Railroad Commissioner of Texas
In office
January 21, 1903 – January 17, 1911[1]
GovernorS. W. T. Lanham
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
Preceded byJohn H. Reagan
Succeeded byJohn L. Wortham
Personal details
BornDecember 16, 1861
Camilla, Georgia, Confederate States of America
DiedMarch 8, 1940(1940-03-08) (aged 78)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeOakwood Cemetery
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Alice Fuller Murrell
(m. 1885)
Children5
Alice Fuller Murrell Colquitt

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]

  1. ^ "Railroad Commissioners Past through Present". www.rrc.texas.gov. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  2. ^ New York Times, March 10, 1914, pp. 1 & 8.