Dudley G. Wooten

Dudley Goodall Wooten (June 19, 1860 – February 7, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Dudley Goodall Wooten
United States Congressman Texas 6th Congressional District
In office July 13, 1901 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by	Robert Emmet Burke
Succeeded by	Scott Field
Member Texas House of Representatives 73rd District[1]
In office 1899–1901
County Judge Dallas County
In office 1890–1892
City Attorney Austin, Texas
In office 1884–1886
Personal details
Born	June 19, 1860 Missouri
Died	February 7, 1929 (aged 68) Austin, Texas
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery Seattle, WA
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Princeton University Johns Hopkins University University of Virginia Charlottesville
Profession	Attorney

Early years

Born near Springfield, Missouri, Wooten moved in infancy with his parents to Texas during the Civil War.

Education

He attended private schools in Paris, Texas, and graduated from Princeton University in 1875. He attended Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, where he won the school's highest awards for writing and debate and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.[2][3][4]

Career

He was admitted to the bar in 1880 and practiced in Austin, Texas. He served as prosecuting attorney of Austin 1884–1886. He moved to Dallas, Texas, in 1888. He served as judge of the Dallas County district court 1890–1892. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1898 and 1899. As a member of the Texas legislature, Wooten served as delegate to the National Antitrust Conference at Chicago in 1899.[5][6] He served as member of the executive council of the National Civic Federation in 1900. He served as delegate to the National Tax Conference at Buffalo in 1901. Congressman Wooten traveled to Alaska in 1902 to make a Congressional study of the needs of the territory.[7]

Wooten was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert Emmet Burke and served from July 13, 1901, to March 3, 1903. In 1902 Wooten lost in his attempt to be nominated as the Democratic candidate for the house seat.

Later years

After leaving the house, Wooten resumed his law practice in Seattle, Washington. He served as special judge of the superior court at various times. He served as delegate to the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in 1912. He served as delegate to the National Conservation Congress in 1913. He was appointed a member of the State board of higher curricula by the Governor in 1919.[3]

Wooten worked as a professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana from 1924 to 1928. He died, while on a visit, in Austin, Texas, on February 7, 1929. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery, Seattle, Washington,[8] next to his first wife Ellen Carter Wooten.[9]

Fraternal memberships

• Phi Kappa Psi[4]

Bibliography

• Wooten, Dudley Goodall (1920). A noble Ursuline: Mother Mary Amadeus. The Paulist Press. ASIN: B00089VZVG.
• Wooten, Dudley Goodall (reprint 1987, orig 1898). A Comprehensive History of Texas: 1685–1845 : 1845–1897 (The Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas history reprint series). Texas State Historical Assn. ISBN 978-0-87611-082-9. Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Wooten, Dudley Goodall (reprint 2010, orig. 1899). A Complete History of Texas for Schools, Colleges and General Use. General Books LLC. ISBN 978-1-153-36840-7. Check date values in: |date= (help)

References

1. Guttery, Ben (2008). Representing Texas: a Comprehensive History of U.S. and Confederate Senators and Representatives from Texas. BookSurge Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-4196-7884-4.
2. The alumni bulletin, Volume 7. University of Virginia. 1907. p. 298.
3. Dudley Goodall Wooten from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 27 June 2010. Texas State Historical Association
4. Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Dudley Goodall Wooten-The Political Graveyard". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
5. "For and Against Trusts". The Weekly Argus News. 16 September 1899.
6. Head, Franklin Harvey, ed. (2010). Speeches, Debates, Resolutions, List of the Delegates, Committees, Etc., Held September 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 1899. General Books LLC. pp. 42–64. ISBN 978-1-150-89965-2.
7. "Congressman from Texas". The Yukon Sun. 31 July 1902.
8. "Dudley Goodall Wooten final resting place". Find A Grave. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
9. "Ellen Carter Wooten final resting place". Find A Grave. Retrieved 28 June 2010.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Dudley G. Wooten (id: W000740)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Works by or about Dudley G. Wooten at Internet Archive

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.