Francis Menefee White
Full Name: Francis Menefee WhiteDate of birth: August 11, 1811
Date of death: March 22, 1897
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 59 | Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857 | 6th | Texana / Jackson | Calhoun, Jackson | ||
| H | 59 | Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 | 5th | Texana / Jackson | Calhoun, Jackson | ||
| H | 48 | Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 | 4th | Texana / Jackson | Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | ||
| H | Jackson | Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 | 1st (1) | Texana / Jackson | Jackson |
(1) TEXANA, TX. Texana was originally a community in south central Jackson County, incorporated as a municipality in 1840, and by 1884, was a virtual ghost town. Handbook of Texas Online.
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House District 59
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857 Legislatures: 6th Home City/County: Texana / Jackson Counties in district: Calhoun, Jackson |
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House District 59
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 Legislatures: 5th Home City/County: Texana / Jackson Counties in district: Calhoun, Jackson |
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House District 48
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 Legislatures: 4th Home City/County: Texana / Jackson Counties in district: Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton |
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House District Jackson
Feb 16, 1846 - Dec 13, 1847 Legislatures: 1st (1) Home City/County: Texana / Jackson Counties in district: Jackson |
(1) TEXANA, TX. Texana was originally a community in south central Jackson County, incorporated as a municipality in 1840, and by 1884, was a virtual ghost town. Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Francis M. White, age 42, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Alabama in 1831, farmer, postoffice Texana, Jackson County. House Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, p. 189. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
- WHITE, FRANCIS MENEFEE (1811-1897). Handbook of Texas Online.
Military Service Notes
- Texas Army, Lieutenant, participated in the siege of Bexar. Handbook of Texas Online.
Other Resources
- Portrait, p. 194. A Comprehensive History of Texas, 1685 to 1897.
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Committee Information top
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6th R.S. - 1855
Education Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Public Debt Public Lands (Chair) Surveying Public Lands, Select | ||
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5th R.S. - 1853
Finance Public Debt Public Lands (Chair) | ||
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4th R.S. - 1851
Federal Relations Penitentiary | ||
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1st R.S. - 1846
Contingent Expenses County Boundaries Land Office Repairs to Public Buildings in Austin, Select |
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