George H. Slaughter

Full Name: George H. Slaughter
Date of death: March 30, 1877

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	6	Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873	12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Radical Republican	Tyler / Smith		Smith, Upshur

(1) Geo. H. Slaughter, oaths of office as representative of the 12th Legislature, 2/8/1870 and 4/26/1870. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920.
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal.
(3) Evans was elected speaker in the 12th Legislature, Provisional Session, 2/10/1870, and elected speaker again in the 12th Legislature Regular Session, 1/10/1871. Evans continued in office until 5/10/1871, when a resolution declared the office vacant. Slaughter was appointed speaker pro tempore and Sinclair elected to succeed Evans the same day. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Party affiliation, Radical. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

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House District 6
Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873
Legislatures: 12th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Radical Republican
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Smith, Upshur

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Other Resources

George H. Slaughter, Clerk of the Supreme Court of Tyler, bond 8/27/1868, oath of office 9/1/1868; letter to Governor E.J. Davis applying for the position of Mayor of the City of Tyler, 12/11/1871. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920.
Death notice, "Geo. H. Slaughter, who died a few days ago at Corpus Christi, had many excellent qualities of heart and intellect. He was once a prominent member of the Legislature, and many friends here will deplore his sudden death." "Personal and Local Dots," 4/3/1877, p. 4. Daily Democratic Statesman (Austin, Texas).
Death notice, "George H. Slaughter, a resident of Austin, died at Brownsville on the 30th . . . , " 4/5/1877, p. 2. Dallas Daily Herald.
"George H. Slaughter, a Tyler Republican, was a member of the Texas House of Representatives in the Twelfth Legislature. He was also a prominent and regular member of the Republican State Executive Committee." Glover, Robert, Tyler & Smith County, Texas: An Historical Survey, 1976, pp. 67-68. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1868. Included in "List of Delegates to the Reconstruction Convention, As Announced in Special order No. 213, Dated Headquarters Fifth Military District, New Orleans, LA., April 13th, 1868." Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A.D., 1868 (1870), pp 533-534. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

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12th Adjourned - 1871 Immigration (Chair) Impeachment of Judge J.W. Oliver, Select Private Land Claims
12th R.S. - 1871 Federal Relations (Chair) Private Land Claims State Affairs
12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Conduct of Comptroller A. Bledsoe, Select Committee (Chair) Division of the State, Select (Chair) Finance (Chair) Judiciary

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