Background
COLQUITT, Oscar Branch was born on December 16, 1861 in Camilla, Mitchell Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Ann Eliza (Burkhalter) Colquitt.
United States Board of Mediation
COLQUITT, Oscar Branch was born on December 16, 1861 in Camilla, Mitchell Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Ann Eliza (Burkhalter) Colquitt.
Common Schools of Georgia and Texas.
Elected State Senator, 1894. Appointed, State Revenue Agent, by Governor. C. A. Culberson, 1898.
Appointed member, State Tax commn., by Governor. J. D. Sayers, 1899; commnr., Railroad of Texas, 1902. Re-elected, 1908; elected, Governor. of Texas, 1910.
Re-elected, 1912-1915. Appointed United States Board of Mediation, Democrat, Member: Knights of Pythias. Elks; Woodmen of the World.
There is a large range of issues where Church should interact with politics in such areas as poverty and inequality, environmental issues, nuclear and chemical weapons and the harm caused by use of drugs and drinking.
God enables every person to resist evil, by accepting forgiveness and liberation, and willing to be open to the Holy Spirit.
Member Texas Senate, 1895-1899. Member state tax commission, 1899-1900. Member United States Board of Mediation, May since 1929.
Married Alice Murrell, December 9, 1885. Children: Rawlins Murrell, Sidney Burkhalter, Oscar Branch, Mistress Mary Alice Laubaugh, Walter Fuller (deceased).