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Hamilton Jacob Avinger
Full Name: Hamilton Jacob Avinger
Date of birth: March 9, 1833
Date of death: June 30, 1881
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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8
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Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
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13th
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Democrat
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Hickory Hill / Cass
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Bowie, Marion, Davis (Cass)
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(1)
Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35,
Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2)
13th Legislature - 1/14/1873, p. 1, listed as "Senator elect." "There being a quorum present, by consent of the Senate, the following Senators elect qualified, taking their seats as members of the 13th Legislature."
Senate Journal.
(3)
13th Legislature - Included in list of 15 Senate members that were conservative Democrats, p. 145.
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Biographical Sketches |
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AVINGER, TX, named for Dr. H.J. Avinger.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, p. 146. Murdered on 6/27/1881, "took almost three days to die."
The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
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H.J. Avinger, Hickory Hill, Cass County, born in South Carolina, physician, age 39.
Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
Dr. Hamilton Jacob Avinger, birth date 3/9/1833 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina; death date 6/30/1881 in Cass County, Texas; interment in Avinger Cemetery, Avinger, Cass County.
Find a Grave.
News accounts of attack on Dr. Avinger: "An Ex-State Senator Perhaps Mortally Wounded," Jefferson, June 27, Senator "from this district in the 13th Legislature," 6/28/1881, p. 1; Cass County, 7/2/1881, p. 7.
Galveston Daily News.
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Photograph.
Hamilton J. Avinger, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
Photograph.
Dr. Hamilton J. Avinger, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection..
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