Benjamin Green Selman

Full Name: Benjamin Green Selman
Date of birth: February 15, 1839
Date of death: October 12, 1892

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	12	Jan 13, 1891 - Oct 12, 1892	22nd	Democrat	Tyler / Smith		Smith
H	12	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Tyler / Smith		Smith

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 12
Jan 13, 1891 - Oct 12, 1892
Legislatures: 22nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Smith

House District 12
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Smith

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Resolutions and Journal entries

23rd Legislature, R.S., Memorial resolution by Wilson, 1/17/1893, p. 82; Committee report and biographical sketches of Hon. C.L. Wurzbach and Hon. B.G. Selman, 4/5/1893, pp. 866-867; Motion to add the name of Hon. A.J. Chambers, 4/10/1893, pp. 917-918; Memorial service and memorial page, 4/10/1893, pp. 918-923. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Benjamin Green Selman, pp. 273-274. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, Benjamin Green Selman, pp. 306-307. Born 2/15/1839 in Chambers County, Alabama. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch of Dr. B.G. Selman in Volume I, Chapter XLVIII, James McFadin and Family, pp. 215-216. Some Biographies of Old Settlers, Historical, Personal and Reminiscent, 1900.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company C, 6th Arkansas Infantry, entered the service 7/26/1861, promoted to Captain, Company C, 11/5/1864; other records show promotion 1/16/1865. Benjamin G. Selman, death date 10/12/1892 in Smith County, Texas; widow Mrs. Mary A. Selman, marriage date 2/18/1868 in St. Louis, Missouri. Pension File No. 30480 (B.G. Selman), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company C, 6th regiment of infantry of Arkansas volunteers, Govan's brigade, Cleburn's division, Hardee's corps, army of Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.

Other Resources

B.G. Selman, birth date 2/15/1839 in Lafayette, Alabama, death date 10/12/1892, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave.
Benjamin G. Selman, Democrat, doctor, age 51 in 1891, born in Alabama. Legislative Reference Library Card File.

Photographs

Photograph. B.G. Selman, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. B.G. Selman, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

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22nd R.S. - 1891 Irrigation Judicial Districts Public Health and Vital Statistics (Chair) State Asylums
21st R.S. - 1889 Education Irrigation North Texas Insane Asylum Penitentiaries Public Health and Vital Statistics State Asylums

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