Ballard C. Bagby

Full Name: Ballard C. Bagby
Date of birth: December 18, 1809
Date of death: November 21, 1862

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 2 Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 1st (1) (2) (3) (4)     Unknown / Red River   Bowie, Red River

(1) Loco Foco. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal.
(3) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal.
(4) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

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Senate District 2
Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847
Legislatures: 1st (1) (2) (3) (4)  
Home City/County: Unknown / Red River
Counties in district: Bowie, Red River

(1) Loco Foco. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(2) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal.
(3) 1st Legislature - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal.
(4) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

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Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Relatives: Ballard C. Bagby and George Henry Bagby - brothers. Ballard C. Bagby birth date 12/18/1809; death date 11/21/1862, "Regarding the Descendants of Walter Clopton, The Elder, of 'Callowell' & His Wife Mary Jarratt," The Clopton Chronicles. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
  • Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
  • Biographical notes, p. 172. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Committee Information top

1st R.S. - 1846
Claims and Accounts  
Examine Books of Comptroller Relative to Charge Against James L. Love  
Internal Improvements  
Official Seals of the Republic of Texas, Collect and Destroy All  
Public Lands  

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