Joseph Draper Sayers (September 23, 1841 — May 15, 1929) was Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. During Sayers's term, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 demolished that city. September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... In politics, Governor of Texas is the title given to the chief executive of the state of Texas. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... This photograph shows the aftermath of the hurricane and the destruction it wrought. ...
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855–March 19, 1925) was a U.S. political figure. ... In politics, Governor of Texas is the title given to the chief executive of the state of Texas. ...
Joseph Draper Sayers, son of David and Mary Thomas (Peete) Sayers, was born at Grenada, Mississippi, on September 23, 1841.
Sayers represented the Bastrop district in the Senate of the Thirteenth Legislature in 1873 and was chairman of the Democratic state executive committee from 1875 to 1878.
Sayers was chairman of the state Industrial Accident Board (now the Texas Workers' Compensation Commissionqv) from 1913 to 1915, a member of the board of legal examiners from 1922 to 1926, and a member of the board of pardon advisors from 1927 until his death.
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