About Horace Chilton Horace Chilton (December 29, 1853 – June
12, 1932) was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States
Senator from Texas. Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was
born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing the tri-
weekly Tyler Sun newspaper. At 19 he was admitted to the bar and
served as assistant attorney general of Texas between 1881 and
1883 and as a delegate to the Democratic national conventions of
1888 and 1896. Appointed to the Senate upon John H. Reagan's
resignation in 1891, Chilton was the first native Texan to serve
in the United States Congress. Although he was defeated in the
1892 election for the seat, Chilton was elected to the Senate in
1894. Chilton decided not to run for reelection in 1901,
returning to practice law in Tyler and later Beaumont, Texas,
where he worked with Spindletop oilfield operations. In 1906 he
moved to Dallas, Texas, where he lived until his death.