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James Webb Throckmorton Full Name: James Webb Throckmorton Date of birth: February 1, 1825 Date of death: April 21, 1894 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 15 Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866 10th (1)     McKinney / Collin   Collin, Grayson S 4 Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 4, 1861 7th (3) (4)   8th (2)     McKinney / Collin   Collin, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Kaufman H 7 Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857 6th     Unknown / Denton   Collin, Cooke, Denton H 7 Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 5th     McKinney / Collin   Collin, Cooke, Denton H 25 Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 4th (5)     McKinney / Collin   Collin, Denton (1) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 11/2/1863, p. 1. Senate Journal. (2) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover senators), 11/7/1859, p. 4. Senate Journal. (3) Listed in "New Senators elected: Democrats." Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). (4) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment called by Districts, oath of office administered, 11/2/1857, p. 1. Senate Journal. (5) Throckmorton, resworn 1/10/1853, succeeded himself after resigning 9/15/1852. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, pp. 417-421. Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885. THROCKMORTON, James Webb (1825-1894). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present. Biographical sketch, pp. 831-833. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889. Biographical sketch, Volume II, p. 324. A Comprehensive History of Texas, 1685 to 1897. THROCKMORTON, JAMES WEBB (1825-1894). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, J.W. Throckmorton, pp. 44-45. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Military Service Notes Private in Captain Robert H. Taylor's company, Mexican War. Surgeon's assistant in Major Michael H. Chevallie's Texas Rangers. Company of Mounted Riflemen, Collin County, May 1861. Confederate States Army, 6th Texas Cavalry. Brigadier General of the state's first frontier district, December 1864. Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, pp. 169-186. Ten More Texans in Gray, 1980. Biographical sketch, p. 91. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907. Confederate States Army, 6th Texas Cavalry, Captain. Texas State Troops, Brigadier General. James Webb Throckmorton. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002. Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 31, 58-60, 155-156, Plate No. 65. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965. Other Resources Photo and service as Governor, p. 45. Austin Lawyers: A Legacy of Leadership and Service, 2005. Mentioned in "'Blessed with Peace!' War's Bitter Aftermath," pp. 102-136. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000. Governor of Texas 1866-1867. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present. Photographs Photograph. James Webb Throckmorton, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature Committee Informationtop 10th R.S. - 1863 Finance   Internal Improvements   Military Affairs (Chair)  Military Board   Revision of Rules   8th R.S. - 1859 Apportionment   Claims and Accounts   Counties and County Boundaries   Court of Claims (Co-Chair)  Federal Relations   Finance   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary   Land Office   Private Land Claims   Public Lands   Reduction of Expenditures of the State Government (Co-Chair)  State Penitentiary, Location of a Branch, Select   Treasurer's Books and Accounts   Ways and Means for the Protection of the Frontier, Select   7th R.S. - 1857 Claims and Accounts   Internal Improvements   Judiciary   Land Office   Land or Money Claims Recommended by Court of Claims   Treasurer's Books and Accounts   6th R.S. - 1855 Constitutional Amendments, Select   Contingent Expenses   Internal Improvements (Chair)  Public Printing   5th R.S. - 1853 Contingent Expenses   Land Office   Rules   State Affairs   Waco to Dallas Mail Transmission, Select (Chair)  4th R.S. - 1851 Education   Federal Relations   Indian Affairs   Internal Improvements   Public Lands

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