Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	44	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Henrietta / Clay		Clay, Montague
H	44	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Henrietta / Clay		Clay, Montague

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, A.K. Swan, pp. 808-809. Born 5/5/1848 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. First marriage in 1869 to Alice Brown, who died in December 1872, second marriage to Inez Harston on 11/21/1876. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Obituary, "Hon. A.K. Swan Dead," The Duncan Weekly Eagle (Duncan, Oklahoma), 1/24/1918, p. 4. Married Inez Hartson on 11/21/1867. Death date 1/17/1918. "In 1880 he was again elected to the same office [county attorney of Clay county, Texas] but resigned after 18 months to enter the 18th session of the state legislature . . . He was the author of Sec. 5, of the Land Bill, that was passed during that session which entitled people who had settled on school lands to purchase them for $1.00 per acre . . . " Newspapers.com.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Allen Kenedy Swan, pp. 303-306. Born 8/5/1848 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, Allen K. Swan, p. 260. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Company F, Arkansas volunteers, under Colonel Cooper, in Jackman's brigade. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.

Other Resources

Census of 1880 - Allen K. Swan, Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, age 31, born circa 1849 in Tennessee, attorney at law, wife Inez.
Census of 1900 - Allen K. Swan, Duncan town, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, age 52, lawyer, born May 1848 in Tennessee, wife Inez A. FamilySearch. 1880 1900

Photographs

Photograph. A.K. Swan, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east 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 County Government and County Finances Insurance, Statistics, and History Irrigation Judiciary No. 1 Military Affairs Mining and Minerals Printing of Daily Senate and House Journals (Chair) Representation and Apportionment on Senatorial and Representative Districts
18th R.S. - 1883 Fence Cutting Indian Affairs Judicial Districts Stock and Stockraising

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