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Fletcher Stockdale Full Name: Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale Date of birth: 1825 Date of death: February 4, 1890 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 26 Nov 7, 1857 - Nov 4, 1861 7th (2) (3)   8th (1)     Indianola / Calhoun   Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria (1) 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. (2) Oath of office 11/7/1857, p. 50. "Mr. Potter presented the credentials of Hon. Fletcher S. Stockdale, Senator elect from the 26th Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Calhoun, Jackson, Victoria, Dewit, Lavaca and Goliad - who came forward, took the oath prescribed by the constitution and his seat." 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).   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Resolutions and Journal entries Senate roster shows Stockdale was 32 in the 7th Legislature (1857-1858). Senate Journal. Biographical Sketches Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale, birth year 1825 on grave marker, death date 2/4/1890, color portrait, biographical sketch, interment in Maple Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky. Find a Grave. STOCKDALE, FLETCHER SUMMERFIELD (ca. 1823-1890). Born 1823 or 1825. Handbook of Texas Online. 9th Lieutenant Governor: Fletcher S. Stockdale. Portrait and biographical sketch. Born 1823 or 1825. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016. Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 139-140, Plate No. 58. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965. Photographs Photograph. Fletcher Stockdale, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006 Photograph. Fletcher Stockdale, State Preservation Board Photograph. Fletcher Stockdale, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison. Committee Informationtop 8th R.S. - 1859 Convention to Frame a New State Constitution   Enrolled Bills (Chair)  Finance   Internal Improvements   Judiciary   Revenue Laws   State Affairs   Ways and Means for the Protection of the Frontier, Select   7th R.S. - 1857 Depredations Upon Citizens of Mexican Origin Transporting Merchandise from Lavaca to San Antonio   Enrolled Bills   Internal Improvements   Judiciary   Land or Money Claims Recommended by Court of Claims   Message of the Governor on Kansas Affairs   State Affairs

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