Andrew Jackson Evans

Full Name: Andrew Jackson Evans
Date of birth: 1832
Date of death: August 28, 1897

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	19	Feb 10, 1870 - Feb 16, 1870	12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Republican	Waco / McLennan		Falls, Limestone, McLennan
H	45	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽⁶⁾		Waco / McLennan		Bell, McLennan

(1) 12th Legislature - "Andrew J. Evans, a liberal Republican, took the oath but was declared ineligible in an election contest and was replaced by Radical Republican S.W. Ford," p. 87. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(2) S.W. Ford, sworn 2/16/1870, succeeded Andrew J. Evans, sworn 2/10/1870, unseated in election contest. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) "In each house the radicals had a slight majority over both Democrats and conservative Republicans. . .These made short work of the [election] contests; the radical contestants were seated in nearly every instance. Several of those who lost their seats were leading Hamilton Republicans, as A.J. Evans in the senate and M.L. Armstrong in the house. . .fn3, One case that seems particularly flagrant was the unseating of Nelson Plato (Dem.) of the Brownsville district," p. 289. Reconstruction in Texas, 1910.
(4) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Absent on opening day, 2/8/1870, p. 4. Report of election contest between S.W. Ford and A.J. Evans recommending that S.W. Ford be seated, 2/16/1870, pp. 26-27. Senate Journal. February 16, 1870 February 8, 1870
(5) 12th Legislature - party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
(6) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Senate District 19
Feb 10, 1870 - Feb 16, 1870
Legislatures: 12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Waco / McLennan
Counties in district: Falls, Limestone, McLennan

House District 45
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th ⁽⁶⁾
Home City/County: Waco / McLennan
Counties in district: Bell, McLennan

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Biographical Sketches

EVANS, ANDREW JACKSON (1832-1897). "During the Civil War Evans remained a committed Unionist, making several speeches in and around his home in Waco." Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Mentioned as "Young men . . . addressed rallies in their areas of the state" in support of Constitutional Unionism. Baggett, James Alex, "Origins of Early Texas Republican Party Leadership," The Journal of Southern History, Vol.40(3), August 1974, p. 445. Journal of Southern History.
Included in "Table II, Constitutional Unionists (Identified from newspapers) with Biographical Data," list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, pp. 238, 256-262, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Table II, Constitutional Unionists
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1868. Included in "List of Delegates to the Reconstruction Convention, As Announced in Special order No. 213, Dated Headquarters Fifth Military District, New Orleans, LA., April 13th, 1868." Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A.D., 1868 (1870), pp 533-534. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

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12th Adjourned - 1871 Finance Immigration Land Office Public Lands
12th R.S. - 1871 Finance Immigration Land Office Public Lands
12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Finance Immigration Land Office Public Lands Public School Lands
7th R.S. - 1857 County Boundaries Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary Petition of Citizens on the Frontier, Relative to Indian Depredations Public Grounds Public Lands San Saba County, Memorials Regarding Indian Depredations Tax Laws and Payment of Taxes Upon Real Estate (Co-Chair)

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