Ashbel Smith

Full Name: Ashbel Smith
Date of birth: August 13, 1805
Date of death: January 21, 1886

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	33	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Cedar Bayou / Harris	Harris
H	36	Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th ⁽²⁾		Houston / Harris	Harris
H	36	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th		Cedar Bayou / Harris	Harris

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 33
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Cedar Bayou / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

House District 36
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
Legislatures: 11th ⁽²⁾
Home City/County: Houston / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

House District 36
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857
Legislatures: 6th
Home City/County: Cedar Bayou / Harris
Counties in district: Harris

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

Biography in LRL collection, 328.764 SM51S 1982, Ashbel Smith of Texas: Pioneer, Patriot, Statesman, 1805-1886, 1982.
SMITH, ASHBEL (1805-1886). Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch. Lone Star Junction, 1995.
Biographical sketch, pp. 260-261. Born in 1806. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Military Service Notes

Describes the Ashbel Smith papers, including speeches and correspondence. Confederate Military Manuscripts: Series C: Holdings of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, 2003.
Biographical sketch, pp. 61-62. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
Ashbel Smith, birth date 8/12/1805, death date 1/21/1886. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 19, 100, Plate No. 38. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
General Zachary Taylor's Army in 1846 war with Mexico; Confederate States Army, Colonel, 2nd Texas Infantry. Texas State Cemetery.

Other Resources

Photo, discussion of service as president of first University of Texas Board of Regents. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service, 2005.
Portrait, p. 131. From Slave to Statesman, 1993.
Biographical sketch, Dr. Ashbel Smith, pp. 16-23. Governors Who Have Been, and Other Public Men of Texas, 1921.
Smith, Ashbel. Birth date 8/13/1805, death date 1/21/1886 on headstone. Texas State Cemetery.

Photographs

Photograph. Ashbel Smith. Photo courtesy of the Texas Medical Association., Donated Material

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879 Agriculture and Stock Raising Assessment and Collection of Taxes Constitutional Amendments Insurance and Statistics (Chair) Military Affairs Public Health, Vital Statistics and History of Texas (Chair) Rules State Asylums
11th R.S. - 1866 Cholera and Epidemic Disease in Austin Congressional Districts, Select Direct Tax, Select (Chair) Education Federal Relations (Chair) Finance Geological Bureau, Select (Chair) Jefferson Davis, Petition to Release, Select Judiciary Lunatic Asylum, Select Rules U.S. Senators, Election of
6th R.S. - 1855 Education Geological Surveys and Bureau of Agriculture, Select (Chair) Internal Improvements Public Debt (Chair) Slaves and Slavery

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