Constantine W. Buckley

Full Name: Constantine W. Buckley
Date of birth: January 22, 1815
Date of death: December 19, 1865

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	47	Nov 2, 1863 - Dec 19, 1865	10th	Sugar Land / Fort Bend		Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton
H	47	Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863	9th ⁽¹⁾	Richmond / Fort Bend	Speaker 11/4/1861-12/7/1861 and 2/2/1863-3/7/1863.	Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton
H	51	Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861	8th	Sugar Land / Fort Bend		Austin, Fort Bend
H	51	Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859	7th ⁽²⁾	Hodges Bend / Fort Bend		Austin, Fort Bend

(1) Darnell succeeded Constantine W. Buckley as speaker on 12/7/1861; Darnell left for the war end of Regular Session; Buckley was again speaker in 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Democrat. 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).

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

BUCKLEY, CONSTANTINE W. (1815-1865). Handbook of Texas Online.
15th and 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Constantine W. Buckley. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.

Photographs

Photograph. Constantine W. Buckley, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Photograph. Constantine W. Buckley, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Committee Information top

10th R.S. - 1863 Frontier Defense and Protection Judiciary (Chair) Military Board Public Debt Stores and Storing
8th R.S. - 1859 Agricultural Affairs Judiciary (Chair) Slaves and Slavery State Affairs
7th R.S. - 1857 Education Judicial Districts (Chair) Judiciary Private Land Claims (Chair) San Saba County, Memorials Regarding Indian Depredations Slaves and Slavery

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