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Robert Guy Full Name: Robert Smythe Guy Date of birth: August 3, 1825 Date of death: Deceased, date unknown 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 13 Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (1)   15th (2)   Democrat Lancaster / Dallas   Dallas, Ellis (1) Letter from Senator R.S. Guy to Governor Richard B. Hubbard 1/15/1879, relating to plans to be in his seat "by the last of next week - say about the 23d or 24th instant," Fifth Day, 1/18/1879, p. 78. Senate Journal. (2) 15th Legislature - 4/18/1876, p. 1. All Senators listed in roll call as "Senators elect [who] answered to their names, presented their credentials, and took the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution"; in Drawing of Senatorial Terms 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "long term" (four years). Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch in "The State Capital: Extending the International Railroad to Austin - Personal Notices of Senators Elect," 2/27/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. Biography, pp. 23-25. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Biography, Robert Smythe Guy, p. 243. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879. Photographs Photograph. Robert Guy, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 16th R.S. - 1879 Constitutional Amendments   Finance   General Land Office (Chair)  Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection   Judiciary No. 2   Military Affairs   Private Land Claims (Chair)  Public Claims and Accounts   Revision of Code   Room for Court of Appeals   15th R.S. - 1876 Agricultural Affairs   Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Contingent Expenses (Chair)  Federal Relations   Finance   Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Public Lands   State Penitentiaries

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