Legacy
Both Wharton County, Texas and its county seat Wharton, Texas are named for him and his brother John Austin Wharton, a fellow Texas politician.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)