Charles Shannon West
Full Name: Charles Shannon WestDate of birth: September 24, 1829
Date of death: October 23, 1885
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 57 | Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857 | 6th (1) | Austin / Travis | Travis |
(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," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414, 416-417, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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House District 57
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857 Legislatures: 6th (1) Home City/County: Austin / Travis Counties in district: Travis |
(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," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, Number 3, January 1967, pp. 414, 416-417, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Sketches
- Biography, Charles Sherman West, pp. 323-327. Bench and Bar of Texas, 1885.
- WEST, CHARLES SHANNON (1829-1885). "At age twenty-six he was the youngest member of the legislature." Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, Charles S. West, pp. 189-190. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Charles Shannon West, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, 1882-1885. Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2004.
Other Resources
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Photographs
- Photograph. Charles S. West, Texas Jurists Collection
- Photograph. C.S. West, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
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