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David Whaley

David Moreland Whaley

Full Name: David Moreland Whaley
Date of birth: 1822
Date of death: August 22, 1862

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 21 Nov 11, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th (1) (2) (3)     Centerville / Leon   Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Robertson
S 21 Jan 12, 1858 - Nov 7, 1859 7th (4)     Centerville / Leon   Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Robertson

Terms of service footnotes


(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) Included in "Table II, Constitutional Unionists (Identified from newspapers) with Biographical Data," list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, pp. 238, 256-262, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩ Table II, Constitutional Unionists ↩
(3) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Not present at the organization of the Senate. First mentioned in appointments to Senate committees, 11/9/1859, p. 10; Oath of office, 11/11/1859, p. 44. Senate Journal. November 11, 1859 ↩ November 9, 1859 ↩
(4) David Whaley, sworn 1/12/1858, succeeded Elliot M. Millican, resigned before session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
8th (1) (2) (3)  
Party:
Unknown
Home City/County:
Centerville / Leon
Counties in district:
Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Robertson

Legislatures:
7th (4)  
Party:
Unknown
Home City/County:
Centerville / Leon
Counties in district:
Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Robertson

Terms of service notes


(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) Included in "Table II, Constitutional Unionists (Identified from newspapers) with Biographical Data," list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, pp. 238, 256-262, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩ Table II, Constitutional Unionists ↩
(3) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Not present at the organization of the Senate. First mentioned in appointments to Senate committees, 11/9/1859, p. 10; Oath of office, 11/11/1859, p. 44. Senate Journal. November 11, 1859 ↩ November 9, 1859 ↩
(4) David Whaley, sworn 1/12/1858, succeeded Elliot M. Millican, resigned before session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩

Biographical Information

  • "Who Toots Now?", The Democratic Platform. For the Campaign. (Austin, Texas), 7/14/1859, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. "D.M. Whaley, running for Senator on the Houston ticket . . . in favor of re-opening the African slave trade." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Included on list of "Texas Know Nothing Leaders with a Summary of Biographical Data Taken from the . . . United States Eighth Census, 1860." The party was active at the state level in Texas in 1855 and 1856. "By 1857 the party had virtually disappeared in Texas." "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414-423, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Support of foreign slave trade mentioned in The Democratic Platform. For the Campaign. (Austin, Texas), 7/26/1859, p. 1, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

  • Photograph. David Whaley, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature

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