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Ernst Gustav Maetze Full Name: Ernst Gustav Maetze Date of birth: September 20, 1817 Date of death: October 12, 1891 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 12 Jan 8, 1889 - Oct 12, 1891 22nd (1) (2) (3)   21st (4) (5) (6)   22nd (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Bellville / Austin Senate President Pro Tempore (22nd)   Austin, Burleson, Fort Bend, Waller, Washington (1) 22nd Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/13/1891, Regular Session. Senate Journal. (2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (3) William W. Searcy, sworn 3/14/1892, succeeded Ernst G. Maetze, died 10/12/1891. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives. (5) J. Maetz, Senate District 12. List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (6) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 22nd Legislature, 1st C.S., 3/14/1892, pp. 283-294. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches MAETZE, ERNST GUSTAV (1817-1891). Birth date 9/20/1817, death date 10/12/1891. Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, E.G. Maetze, pp. 208-209. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. Obituary, "Death of Senator E.G. Maetze," Brenham Weekly Banner, 10/15/1891, p. 6. "He was often referred to in the sessions of the Texas legislature as 'The Father of the Senate,' so honored and beloved was he." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Biographical sketch. Regenbrecht, Adalbert. "The German Settlers of Millheim Before the Civil War," Vol. 20, No. 1, July 1916, pp. 28-34. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Biographical sketch, p. 392. Born 9/20/1817 in Glogan, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. Military Service Notes Sayles' Brigade, Texas Militia, 1861. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889. Other Resources E.G. Maetze, birth date 9/12/1817, death date 10/12/1891, burial in Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bellville, Austin County. Find a Grave. Mentioned in MILLHEIM, TEXAS: "In the 1850s E. G. Maetze started the first school at the settlement, with courses conducted in German." Handbook of Texas Online. Listed in Democratic State Convention, 1888, one of delegates to national convention, p. 258. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas, 1916. Tribute to E.G. Maetze by Charles Nugel. "Notes and Fragments," Vol. 20, No. 4, April 1917, p. 413. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Photographs Photograph. E.G. Maetze, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. E.G. Maetze, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 22nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 22nd R.S. - 1891 Agricultural Affairs   Apportionment and Representation   Claims and Accounts   Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Education   General Land Office   Judiciary No. 2   Public Health   Retrenchment and Reform   Roads and Bridges   Rules (Chair)  State Affairs   State Asylums   21st R.S. - 1889 Agricultural Affairs   Claims and Accounts   Commerce and Manufacture   Constitutional Amendments   Education   General Land Office   Military Affairs   Public Health   Retrenchment and Reform   Roads and Bridges   Rules (Chair)  State Asylums   State Institutions of Learning

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