Richard Campbell Saunders
Full Name: Richard Campbell SaundersDate of birth: April 11, 1815
Date of death: July 25, 1889
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Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | 59 | Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 | 16th (1) | Democrat | Hallettsville / Lavaca | Colorado, Lavaca |
(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
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House District 59
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 Legislatures: 16th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Hallettsville / Lavaca Counties in district: Colorado, Lavaca |
(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, Richard Campbell Saunders, p. 268. Born in Mississippi, served 3 sessions in the Mississippi Legislature. Moved to Texas in 1869. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Other Resources
- Account of the election of 1878, Texas House of Representatives, candidates: R.C. Saunders, Ibzan William Middlebrook, and Jahu Worner [John Warner] Johnson. "Early on, Johnson tried to distance himself from his Republican roots, claiming he had been urged to run . . . as an 'independent and non-partisan candidate.'" Jahu W. Johnson forfeited his seat when he moved out of the district; Johnson and his son Gail Borden Johnson had decided to move to Houston by November 1879. Alex F. Kinnison, a Republican and "black county county commissioner and school teacher," elected in a special election 2/17/1880; however, "the legislature never convened while he held the office." Part 9: 1878-1883. Consider the Lily: the Ungilded History of Colorado County, Texas.
- Census of 1880 - R.C. Sanders, Lavaca County, age 65, born circa 1815 in Mississippi, farmer, widowed. FamilySearch. 1880
- R.C. Saunders, birth date 4/11/1815, death date 7/25/1889, burial in Bennett Cemetery, Sweet Home, Lavaca County. Find a Grave.
- Obituary, Col. R.C. Saunders, Hallettsville Herald, 8/1/1889, p. 8, crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library. Born 4/11/1815 in Franklin County, Mississippi; married Ellen Maria Lewis 1840 at Oxford, Mississippi; died Thursday, 7/25/1889 near Sweet Home [Lavaca County]. "He was at one time a member of two terms of the Mississippi Legislature, and has also represented Texas in the same capacity from this county." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Committee Information top
16th R.S. - 1879
Agriculture and Stock Raising Federal Relations |
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