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Archibald C. Hyde Full Name: Archibald C. Hyde Date of birth: 1813 Date of death: January 1, 1894 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 33 Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 4, 1861 7th (3) (4)   8th (1) (2)     San Elizario / El Paso   El Paso, Presidio (1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 6, 1860, 8th Legislature, ch. 45, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (2) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators (holdover senators), 11/7/1859, p. 4. Senate Journal. (3) Listed in "New Senators elected: Democrats." 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). (4) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment called by Districts, oath of office administered, 11/2/1857, p. 1. Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries Estimated birth year based on age at beginning of 7th Legislature, Member List, pp. 679-685. Senate Journal. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, p. 76 (died in January, 1894, near Elmendorft, Texas); chief justice, 34; in El Paso, 45, 52; at Magoffin's ranch, 53; notary, 60; county judge ("El Paso County's second county judge was Archibald C. Hyde, who was born near Norwich, Connecticut, in 1813"), 61; at San Elizario, 65; property seized, 80-81; return to El Paso, 166. The Legal Heritage of El Paso, 1963. Other Resources Became Chief Justice of El Paso County on 8/20/1850, p. 18. Timmons, W.H. "American El Paso: The Formative Years, 1848-1854," Vol. 87, No. 1, July 1983, pp. 1-36. Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Legislation re. land grant "to Juan Maria Ponce de Leon two caballerias of land, called 'El Rancho de Ponce,' now known as the Town of Franklin," p. 83. Yeilding, Kenneth Duane. The Chamizal Dispute: An Exercise in Arbitration: 1845-1945, A Dissertation in History, May 1973. Texas Tech University Libraries. Photographs Photograph. Archibald C. Hyde, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature Committee Informationtop 8th R.S. - 1859 Claims and Accounts   Counties and County Boundaries   Finance   Indian Affairs   Private Land Claims (Chair)  Public Debt   7th R.S. - 1857 Counties and County Boundaries   Finance   Indian Affairs   Public Debt   San Saba County, Memorials Regarding Indian Depredations

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