M.A. Elliott

Full Name: M. A. Elliott
Date of birth: March 2, 1838
Date of death: February 21, 1870

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 22 Feb 9, 1870 - Feb 21, 1870 12th (1) (2) (3)   Unknown Gainesville / Cooke   Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young

(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/9/1870. House Journal.
(2) John B. Self, in special election 11/28/1870 through 12/1/1870, sworn 1/10/1871, succeeded M.A. Elliott, death announced 2/21/1870. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

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House District 22
Feb 9, 1870 - Feb 21, 1870
Legislatures: 12th (1) (2) (3)  
Party: Unknown
Home City/County: Gainesville / Cooke
Counties in district: Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young

(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/9/1870. House Journal.
(2) John B. Self, in special election 11/28/1870 through 12/1/1870, sworn 1/10/1871, succeeded M.A. Elliott, death announced 2/21/1870. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

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Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 12th Legislature, Provisional Session, House Journal, 2/21/1870, pp. 48-49. Date of death estimated from date of announcement. Resolutions - Memorial.
  • 12th Legislature, Provisional Session, Senate Journal, 2/22/1870, p. 34. Memorial resolution in honor of variably M.A. and W.A. Elliott. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

  • Mentioned in biographical sketch of David Luther Painter; a doctor born and educated in Tennessee, he came to Texas and "followed his profession up to the time of his death, in February, 1870." Volume IV, p. 1803. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.

Other Resources

  • M.A. Elliott, birth date 3/2/1838, death date 2/20/1870, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis County. Find a Grave.

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