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Elisha Lott
Full Name: Elisha Everett Lott
Date of birth: February 24, 1820
Date of death: January 17, 1864
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
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Counties in District |
S
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10
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Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
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8th
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(2)
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Tyler / Smith
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Smith, Van Zandt
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S
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10
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Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859
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6th
(6)
(7)
(8)
7th
(3)
(4)
(5)
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Tyler / Smith
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Smith, Van Zandt
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S
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10
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Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
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5th
(9)
(10)
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Tyler / Smith
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Smith, Van Zandt
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H
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16
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Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
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4th
(11)
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Tyler / Smith
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Smith
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H
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15
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Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
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3rd
(12)
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Tyler / Smith
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Henderson, Smith
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H
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Nacogdoches
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Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849
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2nd
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(14)
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Unknown / Nacogdoches
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Nacogdoches
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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, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2.
Senate Journal.
(3)
Listed in "Senators holding over: 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 (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4.
Senate Journal.
(5)
7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(6)
6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/5/1855, p. 2.
Senate Journal.
(7)
6th Legislature - "The Know-Nothings claimed to have won 11 of 33 seats in the Senate in 1855. Although only 5 - John Caldwell, William H. Martin, William M. Taylor, James W. Flanagan, and Elisha E. Lott - can be positively identified . . .", p. 258.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(8)
6th Legislature - Listed in the "19 members of the Senate [who] retained their seats from the 5th Legislature," p. 258.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(9)
Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(10)
5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2.
Senate Journal.
(11)
Democrat - E.E. Lott of Smith, Democratic State Convention, January 8-9, 1852, Austin (Delegate to the National Convention), p. 50.
Platforms of Political Parties in Texas, 1916.
(12)
Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(13)
E. Lott, Nacogdoches County.
House Journal.
(14)
Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, p. 126.
Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
LOTT, ELISHA EVERETT (1820-1864). "He represented Smith County in the state House of Representatives from 1847 to 1853 and in the Senate from 1857 to 1861."
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, p. 243.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
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Other Resources |
Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Mentioned in Ralph A. Wooster, "Membership in the Early Texas Legislatures, 1850-1860," October 1965, pp. 163-173.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly.
Listed in "History of Legislative Representatives From This County [Henderson] Compiled," from Athens Weekly Review, 11/10/1938.
TXGenWeb Project.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Elisha Lott, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
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