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D.M. Short

Daniel McDowell Short

Full Name: Daniel McDowell Short, Sr.
Date of birth: December 14, 1819
Date of death: April 6, 1902

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 2 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th   Democrat Shelbyville / Shelby   Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity
H 6 Aug 8, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 11th (1) (2)     Shelbyville / Shelby   Shelby
H 24 Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th     Shelbyville / Shelby   Shelby

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) Not present at organization of the House on 8/6/1866. D.M. Short sworn 8/8/1866, p. 10. House Journal. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
13th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Shelbyville / Shelby
Counties in district:
Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity

Legislatures:
11th (1) (2)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Shelbyville / Shelby
Counties in district:
Shelby

Legislatures:
8th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Shelbyville / Shelby
Counties in district:
Shelby

Terms of service notes


(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(2) Not present at organization of the House on 8/6/1866. D.M. Short sworn 8/8/1866, p. 10. House Journal. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Daniel M. Short, Sr., death date 4/6/1902, biographical sketch and portraits, burial in Fairview Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, with spouse Maggie Casey Short. Find a Grave.
  • SHORT, DANIEL MCDOWELL (1819-1902). Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Biographical sketch and photo, Captain Daniel McDowell Short, Volume IV, p. 2010. "From 1866 to 1892 Captain Short was chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of his district and county . . ." Birth date 12/14/1819; death date 4/8/1902. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
  • Biographical sketch and portrait. Birth date 12/14/1822 in Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
  • Included in biographical sketch of grandson Maurice Short, Volume IV, pp. 243-244. Texas Under Many Flags, 1930.

  • Mexican War, Lieutenant, 12th United States Infantry under Zachary Taylor. Confederate States Army, Captain, Company E, Col. Elkanah B. Greer's 3rd Texas Cavalry, then became part of Lawrence Sullivan Ross' brigade. Handbook of Texas Online.

  • Death date 4/6/1902 in widow's obituary. Mrs. C.M. Short or M.C. Short, Center, Shelby County, "widow of Capt. D.M. Short who died here on the 6th day of April 1902." "Mortuary," 9/9/1904, p. 5. Galveston Daily News.

  • Photograph. D.M. Short, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
  • Photograph. D.M. Short, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. D.M. Short, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. D.M. Short, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

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