Charles Ulrich Connellee

Full Name: Charles Ulrich Connellee
Date of birth: August 21, 1851
Date of death: December 2, 1930

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	42	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Eastland / Eastland		Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens
H	42	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Eastland / Eastland		Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(3) Notes C.U. Connellee was a Democrat. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
(4) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
(5) C.W. Connellee. Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 42
Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 22nd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Eastland / Eastland
Counties in district: Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens

House District 42
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Eastland / Eastland
Counties in district: Eastland, Palo Pinto, Stephens

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Resolutions and Journal entries

42nd Legislature, R.S., 1/19/1931, p. 68. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

CONNELLEE, CHARLES ULRICH (1851-1930). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Charles U. Connellee, Volume IV, p. 637. Born 1851 in Scott County, Kentucky; represented Eastland County in the 21st-22nd Legislatures. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition, 1922.
Biographical sketch, Charles Ulrich Connellee, pp. 303-305. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, Charles U. Connellee, pp. 332-333. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.

Other Resources

"Resolutions of regret at the death of C.U. Connerly [Connellee] of Eastland, former member of the legislature" mentioned in "Under the Dome," 1/20/1931, p. 8. Austin American.
C.W. [sic] Connellee, age 78, born circa 1852 in Kentucky; death date 12/2/1930 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas; capitalist. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Obituary, "'Father of Eastland' Dies: C.U. Connellee Was Born in Fort Worth—Settled in Log Cabin in 1874," 12/2/1930, p. 1. Pampa Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. C.U. Connellee, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

22nd R.S. - 1891 Internal Improvements Irrigation Printing of Daily Senate and House Journals Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) Revenue and Taxation
21st R.S. - 1889 Beef Combine ("Kansas committee") Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office, Examine Fish and Game Laws Internal Improvements Public Lands and Land Office Revenue and Taxation Stock and Stockraising

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