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Texas History - Oscar B. Colquitt

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The 25th Governor of Texas was Oscar Branch Colquitt.
Accomplishments: Colquitt's administration was known for reform of the prison system, improvement in the physical plants and in the management of eleemosynary institutions, advancements in the education system, and a number of labor reform measures.
He was born on December 16, 1861 in Camilla, Georgia and died on March 08, 1940 in Dallas, Texas.