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Marion Martin Full Name: Francis Marion Martin Date of birth: April 1, 1830 Date of death: June 11, 1903 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 14 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2) (3)   16th (4) (5) (6)   Democrat Corsicana / Navarro Senate President Pro Tempore (17th)   Freestone, Limestone, Navarro S 22 Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th (7) (8) (9) (10)     Corsicana / Navarro   Freestone, Henderson, Limestone, Navarro (1) 17th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 3/31/1881, Regular Session; and 1st C.S. Senate Journal. (2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881. (4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. (5) 16th Legislature - 1/14/1879, p. 1. Listed as one of the "newly elected senators, approached the president's desk and took the oath of office prescribed by the constitution." Senate Journal. (6) Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. (7) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 6, 1860, 8th Legislature, ch. 45, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (8) Elected to the Senate in 1859 as a supporter of Sam Houston who was elected governor as an Independent. Handbook of Texas Online. (9) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - 11/7/1859, p. 2. Included in "roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, being called by Districts, the following Senators appeared, presented their credentials, took the oath of office and their seats." Senate Journal. (10) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches MARTIN, FRANCIS MARION (1830-1903). Handbook of Texas Online. 14th Lieutenant Governor: Frances Marion Martin. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016. Biography, Marion Martin, p. 243. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Biography, pp. 231-232. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Captain, Company C, 20th Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online. Photographs Photograph. Francis Marion Martin, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006 Photograph. Marion Martin, Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives Photograph. Marion Martin, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison. Photograph. Marion Martin, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature Photograph. Marion Martin, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 17th R.S. - 1881 Agricultural Affairs (Chair)  Commerce and Manufactures   Congressional Districts   Constitutional Amendments   Educational Affairs   Finance   Internal Improvements   Public Claims and Accounts   Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries (Chair)  State Asylums   Stock and Stock Raising   16th R.S. - 1879 Agricultural Affairs (Chair)  Commerce and Manufactures   Counties and County Boundaries   Educational Affairs   Finance   Funeral and Remains of the Late Honorable Gustave Schleicher   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Land Frauds (Co-Chair)  Private Land Claims   Public Lands   Public Printing   Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Retrenchment and Reform   Statistics of Industry, Public Health and History of Texas   Stock and Stock Raising   8th R.S. - 1859 Counties and County Boundaries   Internal Improvements   Land Office   Public Lands   Stock and Stock Raising (Chair)

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