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Marmion Henry Bowers

Full Name: Marmion Henry Bowers
Date of birth: April 29, 1829
Date of death: March 3, 1872

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 28 Feb 8, 1870 - Mar 3, 1872 12th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)   Democrat Austin / Travis   Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson
H 55 Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866 10th     Austin / Travis   Travis

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Bowers' "lack of any clear party identification was well illustrated by an amusing comment in the November 13, 1869, Austin Republican: 'in 1866 when ex-Confederate Captain Bowers was a candidate for the State Senate . . . he declared that during the war he was a Union man, fighting for the Confederacy. Now he is before the people as a Confederate, fighting for the Union. Bowers is a very convenient man' . . . Bowers consistently voted with the moderates and the Democrats," p. 90. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. ↩
(2) M.H. Bowers, oaths of office as senator of the 12th Legislature, 2/8/1870 and 4/26/1870. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920. ↩
(3) "Mr. H. Bowers, Democratic Senator from the 28th District, will offer . . . a resolution . . . ", 4/6/1870, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(4) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal. ↩
(5) 12th Legislature - party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
12th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Austin / Travis
Counties in district:
Bell, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, McCulloch, San Saba, Travis, Williamson

Legislatures:
10th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Austin / Travis
Counties in district:
Travis

Terms of service notes


(1) Bowers' "lack of any clear party identification was well illustrated by an amusing comment in the November 13, 1869, Austin Republican: 'in 1866 when ex-Confederate Captain Bowers was a candidate for the State Senate . . . he declared that during the war he was a Union man, fighting for the Confederacy. Now he is before the people as a Confederate, fighting for the Union. Bowers is a very convenient man' . . . Bowers consistently voted with the moderates and the Democrats," p. 90. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. ↩
(2) M.H. Bowers, oaths of office as senator of the 12th Legislature, 2/8/1870 and 4/26/1870. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920. ↩
(3) "Mr. H. Bowers, Democratic Senator from the 28th District, will offer . . . a resolution . . . ", 4/6/1870, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(4) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal. ↩
(5) 12th Legislature - party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Mentioned in "Jotting by a returned Austin correspondent," 8/23/1870, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
  • Obituary, 3/7/1872, p. 2. "In the death of Senator Bowers, Texas loses an able statesman, the bar a studious lawyer, the Democratic party a pure politician." Galveston Daily News.
  • Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.
  • Business and personal correspondence included in the Personal and Family Archive collection, Stephen F. Austin State University, East Texas Research Center.

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