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Archibald C. Hyde
Full Name: Archibald C. Hyde
Date of birth: 1813
Date of death: January 1, 1894
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 4, 1861
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8th
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7th
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San Elizario / El Paso
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El Paso, Presidio
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(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 - 11/7/1859, p. 4. Holdover Senator, listed in "The roll of Senators then being called, the following Senators answered to their names. . ."
Senate Journal.
(3)
Listed in "New Senators elected: Democrats." Civilian and Gazette Weekly, 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4)
7th Legislature - 11/2/1857, p. 1. Included in "roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, being called by Districts, the following Senators appeared, presented their credentials, and being qualified took their seats."
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Estimated birth year based on age at beginning of 7th Legislature, pp. 679-685.
Senate Journal.
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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.
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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.
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Photograph.
Archibald C. Hyde, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
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