Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	4	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Plentitude / Anderson		Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt
H	4	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Plentitude / Anderson		Anderson, Henderson, Van Zandt

(1) Nechesville, Anderson County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874.
(2) Plentitude was a rural community in northern Anderson County located on Brushy Creek ten miles north of Palestine. The community was granted a post office called Plentitude in 1850. The post office was closed in 1883, and Plentitude disappeared in the late nineteenth century. Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Plentitude, Anderson County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

EASTLAND, JAMES (1827-1911). Birth date 11/1/1827 in Madison County, Alabama; death date 1/13/1911. Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

Mexican War, Sergeant in the Army of the Rio Grande under Gen. Zachary Taylor. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

James Eastland, birth date 11/1/1827 in Alabama, death date 1/8/1911 in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, father Alfred Eastland. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
James Eastland, birth date 11/1/1827, death date 1/7/1911, burial in Olive Branch Cemetery, Brushy Creek, Anderson County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. James Eastland, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. James Eastland, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection.
Photograph. James Eastland, 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.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
14th 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 Information top

14th R.S. - 1874 Claims and Accounts (Chair) Public Buildings State Affairs Town and City Corporations
13th R.S. - 1873 Claims and Accounts Public Buildings and Grounds Towns and City Corporations

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