Hudson William Nelson
Full Name: Hudson William NelsonDate of birth: 1813
Date of death: December 30, 1878
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 10 | Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 | 13th | Democrat | Sulphur Springs / Hopkins | Hopkins, Hunt, Wood | |
| S | 9 | Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 | 11th (1) (2) (3) | Sulphur Springs / Hopkins | Hopkins, Lamar |
(1) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal.
(2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
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House District 10
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 Legislatures: 13th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Sulphur Springs / Hopkins Counties in district: Hopkins, Hunt, Wood |
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Senate District 9
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 Legislatures: 11th (1) (2) (3) Home City/County: Sulphur Springs / Hopkins Counties in district: Hopkins, Lamar |
(1) 11th Legislature - All 33 Senate districts listed in roll call presenting credentials, oath of office administered, 8/6/1866, pp. 2, 4-5. Senate Journal.
(2) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(3) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: H.W. Nelson, Bright Star, Hopkins County, nativity Maryland, farmer, age 52 in 1866 (born circa 1814). Senate Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- NELSON, HUDSON WILLIAM (1813-1878). Handbook of Texas Online.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army. Handbook of Texas Online.
Other Resources
- Census of 1860 - H.W. Nelson, Shelby County, Alabama, age 46, born circa 1814 in Maryland, farmer.
Census of 1870 - Hudson W. Nelson, Hopkins County, age 56, born circa 1814 in Maryland, farmer. FamilySearch. 1860 1870 - Mentioned in history of Senatorial redistricting for Lamar County, "Backward Glances (from the scrapbooks of the late A.W. Neville, Editor of the Paris News, 1936-1956, 3/14/1951)," republished 8/26/1976, p. 6. Paris News.
- Hudson W. Nelson family story, "Reilly Springs," The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Texas), 7/6/2001, p. 4, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. "Col. Hudson W. Nelson is buried in the Reilly Springs Cemetery and was a native of Maryland." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Photographs
- Photograph. H.W. Nelson, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
- Photograph. H.W. Nelson, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. H.W. Nelson, 11th Legislature, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
- 11th session composite photo of Senate members (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History). By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
- Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.
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