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James Harrison Full Name: James Marshall Harrison Date of birth: February 21, 1818 Date of death: January 3, 1899 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 26 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Wills Point / Van Zandt   Van Zandt H 4 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th (2) (3)   Democrat Canton / Van Zandt   Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt H 4 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th   Democrat Canton / Van Zandt   Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt H 18 Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th (4) (5)     Four Mile Prairie / Van Zandt   Van Zandt, Wood H 18 Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 7th (6)     Four Mile Prairie / Van Zandt   Van Zandt, Wood (1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (2) Home post office - Mills Point; home county - Van Zandt. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874. (3) Home address - Canton; home county - Van Zandt. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) Wood County was established from part of Van Zandt County in 1850. Handbook of Texas Online. (5) District No. 18, Wood County. House Journal. (6) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette Weekly, 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches HARRISON, JAMES MARSHALL (1818-1899). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860. Biography, p. 255. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Photographs Photograph. James Harrison, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature Photograph. James Harrison, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Photograph. James Harrison, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. James Harrison, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. James Harrison, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.. Committee Informationtop 18th R.S. - 1883 Accompany Remains of Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County   County Government and County Finance   Stock and Stockraising   14th R.S. - 1874 Internal Improvements   Penitentiary   Public Lands and Land Office   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   13th R.S. - 1873 Penitentiary   Public Lands and Land Office   Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)  8th R.S. - 1859 Contingent Expenses   Private Land Claims   Public Lands   Retrenchment and Reform   7th R.S. - 1857 Internal Improvements   Public Lands

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