Elisha M. Pease
Elisha M. Pease
Full name: Elisha Marshall Pease
Biography: Handbook of Texas Online
Party:
Unionist
Term as Governor*:
December 21, 1853 - December 21, 1857
August 8, 1867 - September 30, 1869
August 8, 1867 - September 30, 1869
Legislative sessions as Governor:
5 R.S. (November 7, 1853 - February 13, 1854)
6 R.S. (November 5, 1855 - February 4, 1856)
7 R.S. (November 2, 1857 - February 16, 1858)
Legislative offices:
Member,
Texas House of Representatives
(1846 - 1847)
Member,
Texas House of Representatives
(1847 - 1849)
Member,
Texas Senate
(1849 - 1851)
Elected state or federal offices:
None
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* Appointed provisional governor by General Philip Sheridan in an order dated July 30, 1867. Pease took office on August 8, 1867. Resigned on September 30, 1869.