Marcus Harvey Townsend

Full Name: Marcus Harvey Townsend
Date of birth: March 26, 1858
Date of death: June 28, 1915

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	11	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 10, 1893	21st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Columbus / Colorado		Colorado, Gonzales, Lavaca, Wharton
H	67	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽⁷⁾	Democrat	Columbus / Colorado		Colorado

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) 22nd Legislature - 1/13/1891, p. 1, M.H. Townsend not listed in roll call; "on motion of Sen. Maetze, Sen. Townsend was excused indefinitely." Served one Senate term: see note, The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889. Senate Journal.
(3) 22nd Legislature - 1/14/1891, p. 5. Seats formerly occupied by Townsend, Kimbrough & Burney were reserved for them, seat formerly occupied by his predecessor was reserved for Carter, those Sens. being absent. Kimbrough indefinitely excused. Senate Journal.
(4) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(5) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(6) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(7) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

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Senate District 11
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 21st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Columbus / Colorado
Counties in district: Colorado, Gonzales, Lavaca, Wharton

House District 67
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽⁷⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Columbus / Colorado
Counties in district: Colorado

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Biographical Sketches

Portrait and biographical sketch, M.H. Townsend, pp. 178-180. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, M.H. Townsend, pp. 221-222. Born 3/26/1858 in Colorado County, married Annie E. Burford on 12/20/1883. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Obituary, "M.H. Townsend, Author of Bill to Buy Alamo, Dies," San Antonio Express, 6/29/1915, p. 16, crediting Abilene Library Consortium.
Funeral service and photo, "Many Texas Friends at Bier of H.M. [M.H.] Townsend," San Antonio Express, 6/30/1915, p. 7, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). June 29, 1915 June 30, 2015
Biographical sketch, W.H. Townsend, p. 264. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Biographical sketch, Marcus Harvey Townsend, p. 387. Born 3/26/1858, died in 1915, " . . . elected to the Senate's Eleventh District seat in 1888 and served one term during the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Legislatures." The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Other Resources

Mentions Marcus Harvey Townsend. Part 9. Consider the Lily: the Ungilded History of Colorado County, Texas.
M.H. Townsend, born 1858; death date 6/28/1915 in San Antonio, Bexar County; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Marcus H. Townsend, birth date 3/26/1858, death date 6/28/1915, burial in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar County. Includes reprint of obituary in Weimar Mercury, 7/2/1915. Find a Grave.
Roster lists name as M.H. Townsend. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Photographs

Photograph. M.H. Townsend, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. M.H. Townsend, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

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22nd R.S. - 1891 Apportionment and Representation Claims and Accounts Counties and County Boundaries Federal Relations Finance Insurance and Statistics Judicial Districts (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Military Affairs (Chair) Penitentiaries Public Buildings and Grounds Public Debt Roads and Bridges State Affairs
21st R.S. - 1889 Claims and Accounts Counties and County Boundaries Federal Relations Finance Insurance and Statistics Judiciary No. 1 Judiciary No. 2 Penitentiaries Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair) Public Debt Roads and Bridges St. Louis Republic
18th R.S. - 1883 Judiciary No. 2 Penitentiaries Public Lands and Land Office San Antonio

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