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Hamilton Jacob Avinger Full Name: Hamilton Jacob Avinger Date of birth: March 9, 1833 Date of death: June 30, 1881 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 8 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Hickory Hill / Cass   Bowie, Marion, Davis (Cass) (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 - Senators elect qualified and took their seats, 1/14/1873, p. 1. 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.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches 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. Other Resources 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; burial 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. AVINGER, TX, named for Dr. H.J. Avinger. Handbook of Texas Online. Photographs Photograph. Hamilton J. Avinger, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection. Photograph. Dr. Hamilton J. Avinger, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 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.. Committee Informationtop 13th R.S. - 1873 Counties and County Boundaries (Chair)  Internal Improvements   Public Buildings   Public Debt   State Affairs   State Lunatic Asylum   Superintendent of Public Schools

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