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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	49	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th (1)		Brenham / Washington		Washington

(1) Included "[a]mong 1855 legislators that this writer has positively identified as Know Nothings." The party was active in Texas at the state level between 1855 and 1857. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 414, 416-417. Southwestern Historical Quarterly.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

• SAYLES, JOHN (1825-1897). Handbook of Texas Online.

Military Service Notes

• John Sayles, birth date 3/9/1825, death date 3/22/1897 in biographical sketch and 5/22/1897 on headstone. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
• Texas State Troops, Colonel, 4th Infantry Regiment; Texas State Troops, Brigadier General, Brigade No. 23. Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 23, 59, 110, Plate No. 64. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

• John Sayles, birth date 3/9/1825, death date 5/22/1897, burial in Abilene Municipal Cemetery, Taylor County. Find a Grave.
• Obituary, "Death of General Sayles: At the Age of Three-Score and Ten He Passes Away Suddenly at Abilene," Brenham Daily Banner, 5/23/1897, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

• Photograph. John Sayles, Texas Jurists Collection

Committee Information top

6th R.S. - 1855 Civil and Criminal Codes, Governor's Message, Select   Claims and Accounts   Constitutional Amendments, Select   Education   Enrolled Bills   Finance   Internal Improvements   Judiciary   Land Titles West of Nueces River, Select