Norman George Collins

Full Name: Norman George Collins
Date of birth: April 16, 1829
Date of death: November 20, 1899

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	27	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	San Diego / Duval		Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Nueces, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala, Encinal
H	77	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽³⁾	Democrat	San Diego / Duval		Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Kinney, La Salle, McMullen, Maverick, Nueces, Zavala, Encinal

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) 18th Legislature, Regular Session - All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office, 1/9/1883, p. 2; resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/10/1883, pp. 5-6; drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal. January 10, 1883 January 9, 1883
(3) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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Senate District 27
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Diego / Duval
Counties in district: Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Nueces, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Zapata, Zavala, Encinal

House District 77
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Diego / Duval
Counties in district: Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Kinney, La Salle, McMullen, Maverick, Nueces, Zavala, Encinal

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Biographical Sketches

Portrait and biographical sketch, N.G. Collins, p. 371. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, Norman G. Collins, p. 272. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, p. 246. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Biographical sketch, N. G. Collins, p. 432. Born in 1829 in New Woodstock, New York, died 11/20/1899. Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918.

Other Resources

Obituary, "Norman George Collins," 11/24/1899, p. 1. "He served a term in the 16th legislature as a member of the house and also a term in the 18th legislature as a member of the Senate." Death date 11/20/1899. Corpus Christi Caller.

Photographs

Photograph. N.G. Collins, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.

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18th R.S. - 1883 Agricultural Affairs Claims and Accounts Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments County and County Boundaries Frontier Protection Funeral Procession for Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County Internal Improvements Public Health Stock and Stockraising (Chair)
16th R.S. - 1879 Agriculture and Stock Raising Counties and County Boundaries Indian Affairs (Chair) Insurance and Statistics Internal Improvements Public Buildings and Grounds

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