Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	17	Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 14, 1862	9th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾		Huntsville / Walker		Grimes, Montgomery, Walker
H	38	Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861	8th ⁽⁶⁾		Huntsville / Walker		Walker

(1) "Although a Unionist, he [Branch] resigned from the Senate and on 3/20/1862, enlisted in the Confederate Army." Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Anthony M. Branch's last vote in Senate, 1/11/1862, p. 261. Senate Journal.
(3) David C. Dickson, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Anthony M. Branch, resigned. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the long term" (four years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal.
(5) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(6) Included on list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," Vol. 82, No. 3, p. 238, 256-262. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal.

Biographical Sketches

BRANCH, ANTHONY MARTIN (1823-1867). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait, 1898, p. 160. Birth date 7/16/1824. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Captain, Company A, 21st Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online.
Anthony Martin Branch. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, p. 151, Plate No. 63. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County, 1930.
Anthony Martin Branch, birth date 7/16/1823, death date 10/3/1867, historical marker, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Walker County, with wife Amanda M. Branch. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Anthony Martin Branch, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

Committee Information top

9th R.S. - 1861 Confederate Relations Education (Chair) Judiciary Militia and Military Affairs Private Land Claims Public Debt Public Lands Rules and Regulations
8th R.S. - 1859 Education Enrolled Bills Judicial Districts Judiciary Penitentiary

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