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Marion Martin
Full Name: Francis Marion Martin
Date of birth: April 1, 1830
Date of death: June 11, 1903
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
Note |
Counties in District |
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14
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Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 9, 1883
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17th
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(2)
(3)
16th
(4)
(5)
(6)
17th
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Democrat
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Corsicana / Navarro
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Senate President Pro Tempore (17th)
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Freestone, Limestone, Navarro
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22
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Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
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8th
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(8)
(9)
(10)
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Corsicana / Navarro
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Freestone, Henderson, Limestone, Navarro
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(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, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/14/1879, p. 3.
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 - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2.
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.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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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.
Biographical sketch and portrait.
Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Biographical sketch, Marion Martin, p. 243.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, pp. 231-232.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company C, 20th Texas Cavalry.
Handbook of Texas Online.
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Other Resources |
Lt. Governor F. Marion Martin, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County.
Find a Grave.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
M. Martin, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Francis Marion Martin, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
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.
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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.
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