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Fletcher Stockdale
Full Name: Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale
Date of birth: 1825
Date of death: February 4, 1890
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
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Counties in District |
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26
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Nov 7, 1857 - Nov 4, 1861
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7th
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(3)
8th
(1)
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Indianola / Calhoun
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Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria
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(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).
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Selected Newspaper articles
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
Senate roster shows Stockdale was 32 in the 7th Legislature (1857-1858).
Senate Journal.
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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.
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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.
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