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Oldham, Williamson S

lawyer, orator, author, was born June 19, 1813, in Franklin county, Tenn. This brilliant orator and author was a member of the Texas-Arkansas house of representatives in 1841, and was elected speaker of that body. During 1844-48 he was judge of the supreme court of Arkansas. He was a member of the secession convention of Texas, and a senator from that state in the confederate states senate during 1861- 65. He is the author of a Digest of the Laws of Texas, published in 1858.