Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
S	2	Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866	10th ⁽¹⁾	Woodville / Tyler	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Polk, Tyler
H	3	Feb 6, 1863 - Nov 2, 1863	9th ⁽²⁾	Woodville / Tyler	Hardin, Tyler
H	34	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th	Woodville / Tyler	Tyler
H	34	Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th	Woodville / Tyler	Tyler
H	1	Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853	4th	Unknown / Tyler	Jefferson, Tyler
H	23	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽³⁾	Unknown / Tyler	Jasper, Jefferson, Tyler
H	Liberty	Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847	1st ⁽⁴⁾	Unknown / Liberty	Liberty, Polk, Tyler

(1) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 11/2/1863, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(2) Napoleon B. Charlton, sworn 2/6/1863, succeeded John T. Bean, enlisted 3/1/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, [N.] B. Charlton, age 39, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Mississippi in 1838, farmer, postoffice Woodville, Tyler County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

CHARLTON, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE (1815-1896). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Napoleon Bonaparte Charlton, birth date 5/13/1815, death date 6/17/1896, burial in Hopewell Cemetery, Woodville, Tyler County. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave.
Portrait and obituary, 6/26/1896, p. 6. Galveston Daily News.
Mentioned in Ralph A. Wooster, "Membership in the Early Texas Legislatures, 1850-1860," October 1965, pp. 163-173. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
Biographical notes, p. 38. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Committee Information top

10th R.S. - 1863 Private Land Claims Public Lands (Chair)
9th R.S. - 1861 Penitentiary
6th R.S. - 1855 Constitutional Amendments, Select Contingent Expenses Finance (Chair) Internal Improvements Land Frauds, Select Public Printing Rules Surveying Public Lands, Select
5th R.S. - 1853 Privileges and Elections Public Debt (Chair)
4th R.S. - 1851 Claims and Accounts Internal Improvements Private Land Claims No. 2 (Chair) Public Debt Public Printing
3rd R.S. - 1849 Apportionment, Special Claims and Accounts Contingent Expenses County Boundaries (Chair) Engrossed Bills Governor's Message, Select Public Buildings
1st R.S. - 1846 Claims and Accounts County Boundaries Land Office

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